Rock Blog

Astronaut Photography of Earth – Display Record

This is a repost from a 2003 entry…

Thanks to the posting in today’s Distance Educator Daily News, I was drawn back to one of my favorite sites… at Earth and Environmental Courseware.

I used the first version of the “Virtual Earthquake” site when I was teaching intro geology type courses – -I’m sure I have a copy of my “Virtual Seismologist” certificate somewhere.

If you are teaching geology, or just like to learn about it, visit this site! It rocks! (yeah.. that was bad).

Collecting Rocks.

This US Geological Survey General Interest Publication provides a brief overview of how one might collect rocks. In this site, you will find:

– Brief of overview of rock types.
– How to start a collection
– How to Identify Rocks
– Where to find “collectable” rocks
– Equipment one might need.
– How to house a collection.
– Hints on building a collection.

Nice short document. FOr the general interest person the short rock description portion is quite useful.

Minerals Statistics and Information from the USGS

Crystalline Silica Primer

Gemstones: An Overview of Production of Specific U.S. Gemstones

I wanted to avoid doing two weblogs, but “Michelle’s Online Learning Freakout Party Zone” is just getting too laden with rocks and stuff….So.. here we go.. starting another weblog.

Stephen J. Reynolds

Excellent resource for people looking for more information about the geology of specific areas. USGS Geology in the Parks

It also has some really good reusable resources (what a concept! — for all the hype about plenty of available LO’s, boy are the tough to find in this field…

Nice short article with excellent links: National Geographic Explorer (Student Magazine) – Hot Spots

Beautiful photos!