The Central Canadian Federation of Mineralogical Societies (CCFMS) is a non-profit federation of rock, mineral and lapidary clubs for hobbyists in central Canada.  Their site is professional and informative.  A visit is recommended.  NEW

Bob's Rockshop Everything about the mineral hobby is here. A "must see" site.

The Mineral Collectors Page Interesting and informative Belgian site. Home of the Virtual Quarry

Canadian Micro-Mineral Association Useful and informative.

The French Association of Micromineralogy Lots of good information here. Home of the Internet version of the International Directory of Micromounters.  Excellent locality info.  In English and French.

Eureka Micromounts A good European site Some good photos.

Chris's Mineral Collecting Page The best site for Franklin mineral information. Good articles on micromounting.

AlkaliNuts  Everything you need to know about Mont St-Hilaire. Invaluable information source.

Opti-Tech Scientific Inc./ Howells Instrument Company  NEW
 An optical instrument sales, service and repair company.  OptiTech can return your old or dirty microscope to "LIKE NEW" operating condition with proprietary procedures and LASER alignment.  They offer high quality and economically priced microscopes, eye loupes, halogen light sources, bulbs, 35mm and video photomicrography equipment.

www.strahlen.org  A very interesting site with lots of information - lots of pictures of famous European collecting sites.