San Diego Natural History Museum
San Diego Natural History Museum: Mineral Matters: Grow Your Own Crystals
Here are step-by-step instructions on how to create crystals. This is a great experiment for students to use in learning about the structure and formation of crystals.
University of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh: X Ray Crystallography Lab
This is the University of Pittsburgh crystallography departments home page. The site has links to programs, facilities, research, etc.
Other
International Union of Crystallography
This site has links to journals, databases, research, commissions, etc. on the subject of Crystallography.
Amethyst Galleries
Amethyst Galleries: The Mineral Quartz
This resource provides a description of the mineral quartz, including physical characteristics and color images.
Children's Museum
Children's Museum of Indianapolis: Golden Cube Geo Mysteries
Learn how to test a material by using the five main properties of minerals to identify it at this interactive site.
PBS
Pbs: Dorothy Hodgkin
PBS presents a brief overview of her life and contributions to medicine including her 1964 Nobel Prize Award.
Other
Reciprocal Net: Crystals and Chemicals in Everyday Life
In this interactive students will understand crystals and chemicals in everyday life. The animation takes you through a household and explains various crystallogrophy we use all the time. Objects include light bulbs, items in a bathroom...