Links: If I don't have the stone you are looking for, perhaps one of the businesses listed below can help. I can't provide links to every internet site specializing in colored stones, but many of the sites listed below are educational and represent a good cross section of commercial and noncommercial organizations.

• The American Federation of Mineralogical Societies Here is a portal link for anyone interested in joining a local gem and mineral club.
• Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery: An extensive mineral database, beautiful minerals for sale
• Bob's Rock Shop: A great stop for the internet-surfing rockhound. Lots of images, rockhound info., great links, etc.
• Bob's Best Buys: A collection of Mountain Lily Gem's mineral specimens; for trade or sale.
• Delta Bravo: Images of gorgeous emerald specimens
• Desert Gems: A rock & gem shop located in Swakopmund, Namibia. A source for unusual Namibian doubly-terminated, clear, smoky, and amethyst phantom quartz crystals
• Ganoksin Online: A great gem and jewelry information resource providing a library of articles, publications, reports, and technical data on gem and jewelry topics and a sizable collection of art and jewelry galleries.
• The Gem Hut: An extensive inventory of cut stones, findings, and a great list of links
• GemZone: An online gem and jewelry trade show
• The Gemological Institute of America: A nonprofit educational organization for the gem and jewelry industry providing training, diamond and colored stone grading, gem instruments, etc.
• Guy Hammer's Home Page: Links and more links to gems, minerals, geoscience, etc., etc.
• National Gemstone's Home Page: Fine gemstones for sale, guidelines for buying gems, gem investment info, and more
• The Smithsonian's Gem & Min. Collection: Here is a portal to the Smithsonian's Department of Mineral Sciences. There isn't much information here, but there is a nice photo gallery of a few images of our national museum's fabulous gem and mineral collection.
• U.S.G.S: The United States Geological Survey's web page on rocks and minerals and mineral collecting. Especially interesting is "Gemstones," by G. T. Austin that contains information on the most common gemstones produced in the U.S. and the specific states where they are most likely to be found.

The above links are offered only for your convenience. The information provided at those sites, and the business practices of those individuals are independent of Mountain Lily Gems.