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1. WHERE TO GO & WHAT TO DO if you love rocks & live in the Greater Toronto Area & Southern Ontario
2. INFO & PHOTOS ~ ROCKS & MINERALS
   See pictures of many rocks, minerals & fossils. There are also some images of collecting locations that we have collected at. This page is a work in progress and shows many pictures of the kind of specimens rockhounds can collect.
3. GLOSSARY

   Rocks & Minerals

   Gemstones

   Glossary of Words & Phrases

4. HOW ROCKS & MINERALS ARE FORMED

   	The Earth's Crust	Rocks	Minerals	Crystals	Birthstones
   	The Rock Cycle	Erosion	Soil	Fossils	Gemstones
   	Igneous Rocks	Volcano WebQuest		Sedimentary Rocks	Metamorphic Rocks

5. IDENTIFICATION OF MINERALS

   	Difference between rocks & minerals			Properties of Minerals
   	Color	Luster	Specific Gravity	Crystal Form	Cleavage
   	Tenacity	Hardness	Transmitting Light	Streak
   	Mineral Identification

6. EXPERIMENTS
7. USES OF ROCKS & MINERALS
8. MACHINES & TOOLS
9. ARTS & CRAFTS - How we use rocks & minerals to make our lives beautiful
10. PLAYING WITH ROCKS - sphere making, tumbling, cutting, polishing
11. LINKS TO ROCK & MINERAL WEB SITES

    	Rock & Mineral Photos	Minerals of Ontario & Canada	Museums	Articles  by Bert Ellison
    	Professional Organizations	Online Rock & Mineral Stores	Other Great Web Sites	Web sites with lists of sites

12. PRINT RESOURCES

    Field Guides

    National Geographic Magazine Articles

    Books

13. COLLECTING ROCKS & MINERALS

    Joining a Club	Going on Field Trips	Where to buy rocks & minerals
    Family Excursion Destinations in the GTA & surrounding area

14. COLLECTING LOCATIONS
15. NATURAL DISASTERS

    	Volcanoes	Volcano WebQuest		Earthquakes
    	Mud Slides	Avalanches	Tsunamis	Plate Tectonics

16. STONE SAYINGS Idioms about rocks & minerals.
17. TEACHERS' CORNER

    GRADE 4  ROCKS AND MINERALS - UNDERSTANDING EARTH AND SPACE SYSTEMS THE ONTARIO CURRICULUM, GRADES 1–8 | Science and Technology ~ 2007

    FIELD TRIPS TO QUARRIES for Southern Ontario Teachers