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Links, Books and Places to Visit
GENERAL GEOLOGY AND VERMONT GEOLOGY REFERENCES
| Books
and Field Guides |
The Nature of Vermont:
Introduction and Guide to a New England Environment, C.
Johnson, University Press of New England, 1980, 276 p.
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Roadside Geology of Vermont
and New Hampshire, B. Van Diver,
Mountain Press Publishing Co., 1987, 240 p.
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Rocks and Minerals,
Vol. 71, No. 4, Vermont Issue, July/August 1996, Heldref Publications,
Washington, D.C.
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1997 New England Intercollegiate
Geological Conference Guidebook,
Dept. of Natural Sciences, Castleton State College, Castleton,
VT 05735 |
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1999 New England Intercollegiate
Geological Conference Guidebook, Dept.
of Geology, University of Vermont, Burlington,VT 05405 |
Click here for a reading
list recommended by some members of the Vermont Geological Society.
| Geology Materials for Children |
| Magic School Bus: Inside the Earth,
J. Cole, Scholastic Trade, 1989 |
| If You Find a Rock,
P. Christian,, Illustrated by B. H. Lember, Harcourt, 2000 |
| The Planet Earth: Inside Out, G. Gibbons,
1998, Mulberry Books |
| The Big Rock, B. Hiscock, Aladdin Paperback,
1999 |
| Rocks in his Head, C. O. Hurst,
Greenwillow, 2001 |
| The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins,
B. Kerley, Ill. by B. Selznick, Scholastic Trade, 2001 |
| Snowflake Bentley, J. Martin, Ill. by
M. Azarian, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1998 |
| Stone Wall Secrets, K. & R. Thorson,
Tilbury House, Gardiner, Maine (1-800-582-1899), 1998 |
| The Pebble
in My Pocket: A History of Our Earth, C. Coady & M.
Hooper, Viking Childrens Books, 1996 |
| Our Patchwork Planet: The Story of Plate
Tectonics Vol. 1, by G. Maestro & H. R. Sattler, Lothrop
Lee and Shepherd, 1995 |
| Sand, E. Prager, Ill. by
N. Woodman, National Geographic Society, 2002 |
| Places to Visit |
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| Button
Bay State Park, Vergennes, VT 05491; seasonal |
(802) 475-2377; 241-3655
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| ECHO-Leahy
Center for Lake Champlain, One College St., Burlington, VT 05401 |
(802) 864-1848 |
| Fairbanks
Museum and Planetarium, Main and Prospect St., St. Johnsbury,
VT 05819 |
(802) 748-2372 |
| Goodsell Ridge Preserve, Isle LaMotte |
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| Montshire
Museum of Science,Montshire Road, PO Box 770, Norwich, VT 05055 |
(802) 649-2200 |
| Mt. Philo State Park, Charlotte, VT 05445;
seasonal |
(802) 425-2390 |
| North Branch Nature Center, 713 Elm St., Montpelier, VT 05602 |
(802) 229-6206 |
| Perkins Geology Museum, Perkins Hall, UVM, Burlington, VT 05045 |
(802) 656-8694 |
| Quechee Gorge, Quechee State park, Quechee, VT |
(802) 295-2990 |
| Rock of Ages Visitor Center, 558 Graniteville Rd., Graniteville, VT 05641-0482 |
(802) 476-3115 |
Slate Valley Museum, 17 Water St., Granville, NY 12832
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(518) 642-1417 |
| Vermont Marble Exhibit, 52 Main St., Proctor, VT 05765; open mid-May through October and featuring new exhibits |
(800) 427-1390 |
| Mineral Societies and Clubs |
| Burlington
Gem and Mineral Club, PO Box 1712, South Burlington, VT 05402-1712 |
| Mineralogical Society of Brattleboro, PO Box 37, South Acworth,
NH 03607 |
| Rutland Rock and Mineral Club, PO Box 339, Wallingford, VT 05773-0339 |
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