Southern California Mineralogy Links
Societies and Organizations
The Societies and Organizations listing below is a partial local listing. For a complete California listing go to the CFMS Club listing through the link just below.
- American Federation of Mineralogical Societies
- US Bureau of Land Management-BLM- Rockhounding on Public Lands– NEW!
- California Federation of Mineralogical Societies, Inc
- Culver City Rock and Mineral Club
- Fallbrook Gem and Mineral Society
- Fluorescent Mineral Society
- Friends of Mineralogy
- North Orange County Gem & Mineral Society
- San Diego Mineral and Gem Society
- Searchers Gem and Mineral Society
- Sierra Pelona Rock Club
- South Bay Lapidary and Mineral Society
- Ventura Gem & Mineral Society
- Woodland Hills Rock Chippers
- Delvers, Gem and Mineral Society
Online Tools
For Families & Kids
Museums, Schools and Government Agencies
- Buena Vista Museum of Natural History
- California Geological Survey
- California Institute of Technology Mineral Spectroscopy Server
- Pasadena City College, Geology Department
- California State University Los Angeles, Department of Geography, Geology, and Environment
- California State University Dominguez Hills, Department of Earth Science
- Gemological Institute of America, Carlsbad, CA
- California State University Northridge, Department of Geological Sciences
- Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Mineral Sciences
- San Bernardino County Museum
- San Diego Natural History Museum, Mineralogy Department
- University of California Los Angeles Earth, Planetary, and Space Science
- UCLA Meteorite Gallery
- U.S Borax visitors center