Links

• Saint-Marie aux Mines hosts a gem and mineral fossil show which attracts the best mineral photographers from around the world. View a selection of their work here. You'll see exquisite photography and international calibre mineral specimens.
  http://www.minerapole.com/a_/b_ofm.html
  Here is the mineral gallery:
  http://www.minerapole.com/a_/f_min.html

• The Smithsonian Institution provides a page titled "The Mineral Gallery". It holds a selection of lovely, very professional photographs of striking crystals such as wulfenite and elbaite. Here's the link: http://www.nmnh.si.edu/minsci/images/gallery/mineral.htm

• Exceptional Minerals publishes a page containing photos of their finest specimens. The crystals are fascinating and varied and the photography is clear.
  http://www.exceptionalminerals.com/exceptionalroom.htm

• John Betts Fine Minerals is a high-quality mineral dealer. This page offers a photo gallery of the best of their specimens. The photography is excellent and the colors are bright. Check it out:
  http://www.johnbetts-fineminerals.com/jhbnyc/bestgall.htm
  Take a look at the most expensive (and beautiful) of the minerals offered for sale:
  http://www.johnbetts-fineminerals.com/jhbnyc/verybest.htm

• Andy Seibel: Fine Mineral Specimens has a plentiful selection of samples. The specimens are top quality, the photos adept.
  http://www.andyseibel.com/whatsnew.htm

• This page displays a lovely, extensive amateur collection. The photographs are crystal clear and pleasing to the eye. Nice selection of garnets, topaz, fluorite, also rarer minerals. What a great webpage!
  http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ug7s-ktu/se_mine.htm

• The Image Gallery offers pictures of minerals arranged by class. The photos can be a little myopic, but this is a very nicely done website. Try it!:
  http://www.theimage.com/mineral/class.htm

• The University of Bremen offers access to photos from the Smithsonian Gem and Mineral Collection, which include pictures of gems, jewelry, and the occasional breathtaking crystal.
  http://www.min.uni-bremen.de/sgmcol/

• This website contains photographs of gems such as beryl (emerald and aquamarine), corundum (ruby and sapphire), diamond, and topaz.
  http://www.bsu.edu/teachers/academy/gems/archives.html

• If you would like to see uncut gemstones in their natural matrices, browse through Alpine Minerals' page. They have photos of beryl - aquamarine and emerald -, topaz, tourmaline... Also fluorite, diopside. The photos are clear and informative.
  http://www.alpineminerals.com/

• United States Geological Survey offers a single page on "mineral gemstones" with a few nice photographs:
  http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/gemstones/mineral.html
  and a single page on the environments in which gemstones are found which contains a beautiful photograph of quartz:
  http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/gemstones/environment.html

• Excalibur Mineral Company posts a gallery of photographs. Here's the link:
  http://users.bestweb.net/~excalmin/gallery.htm

• Webmineral.com offers a collection of images filed by species. One photograph of each of many different species is available here. the photos are large and informative but not stunning.
  http://webmineral.com/specimens.shtml

• The Technical University of Clausthal (Germany) published an "Online Mineral Collection". Minerals are listed according to the species name, in German. Some of the photographs are quite striking.
  http://www.immr.tu-clausthal.de/labs/mincoll/minlist.html

• A rock shop called "Amethyst Galleries" has made a large collections of photographs available. The photos are not the best quality, but there are a lot of them. You can search for a particular species or by class. Here's the link:
  http://mineral.galleries.com/default.htm

• A list of links to other galleries of mineral photographs is offered by Bob's Rock Shop:
  http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ug7s-ktu/english.htms