Beading and Minerals Links

• The American Gem Trade Association  The American Gem Trade Association (AGTA) is an association of North American trade professionals dedicated to promoting the long term stability and integrity of the natural colored gemstone, pearl, and cultured pearl industry. The association pursues its goals through the combined use of educational programs, publicity, industry events, government and industry relations, and printed materials for both the trade and consumer. The AGTA is well known in the gem and jewelry industries for maintaining the highest ethical standards.

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• Amethyst Galleries Mineral Names  The Mineral Gallery is a constantly growing collection of mineral descriptions, images, and specimens, together with several ways of accessing these descriptions. The descriptions include searchable mineralogical data, plus other information of interest to students and rock hounds!

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• Bob's Rock Shop  Hello, I'm pleased to meet you. My name is Bob and I am the editor and webmaster of this online publication for rock collectors and lapidary hobbyists. Basically, I'm just your ordinary, common as quartz rockhound who enjoys showing off minerals in my collection, lapidary projects, and sharing with fellow collectors and rock nuts. As a longstanding computer hobbyist and Internet enthusiast I saw an opportunity at the dawn of the World Wide Web to indulge several interests and open up "shop" here. The result of merging these interests and hobbies is Bob's Rock Shop.

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• Facet Shoppe  THE place for faceters of all skill levels and anyone interested in gemcutting to find information and products related to faceting, rough gems, cut gemstones, lapidary and jewelry-making products. Your source for the highest quality information, service, and products that assure the greatest value to all of our visitors and customers.

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• Forum Gemstone.de  Our virtual communities comprehensive gemstone information database is designed to share the practical knowledge of the gemstone trade with you. Discover the mysterious legends and sagas that woof around the fascination of coloured gemstones, appreciate their quality, learn about their countries of origin and find useful gemological data that helps you identify a specimen

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• GEMOLOGY WORLD  Website of the Canadian Institute of Gemmology - Pacific School of Jewellery Arts P.O. Box 57010, Vancouver, B.C. V5K 5G6 Tel. (604) 530-8569 -- Membre Observateur Parlement Lycéen Européen des écoles de bijouterie et métiers d'art Permanent Member of European Parliament of Schools for Jewellery Arts

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• The International Colored Gemstone Association  The International Colored Gemstone Association is a non-profit association which was founded in 1983 to represent the international gemstone industry. The ICA is the first and only organization working to increase the understanding, appreciation, and sales of colored gemstones worldwide.

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• Jade Site  Welcome to my personal website. This non-commercial site provides information on jade. The pictures in the Gallery and the other materials relating to jade classification are for informational purposes only. This is purely an informational site since I am an avid Jade lover and wanted to educate the public about the functional and artistic beauty of jade. This site also provides links to other things. On the top of my page, there are six boxed w's. Each of them has a question pertaining to jade.

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• jewelinfo4u.com  Gems, How to buy and care for your gems. Information on famous gemstones and more

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• John Miller's Gemology Pages  These pages are intended to provide a comprehensive introduction to gemology and the lapidary arts for the general public and a handy resource for the jewelry trade.

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• Opals Guaranteed for Australian opals, opal jewelry, black opal and opal rough.  Also features a detailed opal knowledge center and monthly newsletter, with wholesale prices on more than 2,000 opal products.

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• Rockpick Legend  FREE information pages about rock tumblers and tumbling secrets, rock hounding like the pros, choosing and caring for fine mineral and fossil specimens like museums, geology teaching tips, and more are all here!

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