- Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery
"Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery is a large collection of mineral descriptions, images, and specimens ... together with several ways of accessing these descriptions."
- Athena Mineralogy
"Here are mineral lists (IMA approved mineral names and varieties names) sorted either alphabetically or arranged systematically." Quite extensive.
- Gems and Precious Stones
Online materials for a course on gems from the University of California, Berkeley. Includes a List of Crystal Structure Movies (animations).
- Interactives: The Rock Cycle
"Site where students can learn all about rocks and geology, the science of rocks. They will learn how rocks can be identified, how they are formed, and how they change over time."
- Mineralogy Database
Tons of information about mineralogy and specific minerals.
- The Nature of Diamonds
Online exhibit from the American Museum of Natural History.
- Earthquake Hazards Program
"Information on worldwide earthquake activity, earthquake science, and earthquake hazard reduction" from the U.S. Geological Survey. Includes FAQ, news, maps, activities, database, tracker, and more.
- Exploratorium: Faultline
Subtitled "Seismic Science at the Epicenter", this site discusses historical and earthquakes, explains the basics of faults, plate tectonics, and waves, damage control, damage control, and current events in earthquake science. Includes an April 2006 podcast, videos, photos, and links.
- Geology: Plate Tectonics
Information on the history of the idea of plate tectonics, how tectonics works, and downloadable short animations illustrating the concept.
- How Volcanoes Work
"This website is an educational resource that describes the science behind volcanoes and volcanic processes. ... It is intended for the education of
university students of geology and volcanology and teachers of earth science.
Each section in the menu builds upon previous sections."
- Nevada Seismological Laboratory: About Earthquakes
Information and online 'lectures' about plate tectonics and earthquakes.
- Paleomap Project
"The goal of the PALEOMAP Project is to illustrate the plate tectonic development of the ocean basins and continents, as well as the changing distribution of land and sea during the past 1100 million years."
- Plate Tectonics
"Plate Tectonics describes the intricate design of a complex, living planet in a state of dynamic flux." Includes articles, images, and an online 'book' about tectonics.
- Savage Earth
From PBS. Accompanying website to series bout plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis.
- Seismology Laboratory
Plenty of information about earthquakes past and present. Includes a nice section on
Plate Tectonics, the Cause of Earthquakes
- SFGate.com: Earthquakes
A special on earthquakes - including, maps, multimedia, preparedness, hazards, history, and more - from the San Francisco Chronicle online.
- TheTech.org: Exhibits: Earthquakes
Discusses the basics of earthquakes, seismographs, plate tectonics, earthquake safety, waves, and more. Nice descriptions with photo, images, and animations.
- This Dynamic Earth: the Story of Plate Tectonics
Online edition of a book about plate tectonics; with plenty of clear illustrations.
- USGS: Earthquake Hazards Program
USGS: Volcano Hazards Program
Facts, images, student and teacher resources, publications, observatories, videos and more from the United States Geological Survey.
- VolcanoLive.com
Extensive site with volcano facts, figures, history, and tons of pictures.
- Volcano World
Excellent site about volcanoes. Includes info on current volcano activity, the Earth's volcanoes, volcano history, and much more.
- Web Geological Time Machine
Information about the history of the planet by geologic era.
