Teacher & Student Resources
The Ohio Aggregates & Industrial Minerals Association is the trade association in Ohio that represents all of the state's mining operations, except coal. These commodities include mostly construction materials, both natural and manmade, such as aggregates (which are sand, gravel, slag, and crushed limestone, dolomite, and sandstone), salt, clay, shale, gypsum, industrial sand, building stone, lime, cement, and recycled concrete.
For more specific information on aggregates and industrial minerals mined in Ohio, request a copy of the OAIMA's 'Aggregates and Industrial Minerals Mined in Ohio' teacher toolkit.
- What Is Aggregate?
What Are Aggregates? Where Do they Come From and Why Do We Need Them?
Earth Science Links
American Geological InstituteAmerican Geological Institute is a nonprofit federation of 44 geoscientific and professional associations. | CIESINCenter for International Earth Science Information Network |
Destination Earth | Earth Science & Map Library |
For Kids Only, Earth Science Enterprise | Geological Survey of Canada Educational Sites |
Mineral Information Institute | NASA EarthKam |
National Earth Science Teachers Association | Ohio Educational Association |
SMESociety for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration | University of Dayton Personal Home PagesUniversity of Dayton Personal Home Pages have been created by the Faculty, Staff and Students of the University of Dayton |
USGS | What Is Aggregate?What Are Aggregates? Where Do they Come From and Why Do We Need Them? |
International Links
International Association of Sedimentologists | Mineral Collectors CubMineral Collectors Cub, sponsored by the Mineralogy Club of Antwerp, Belgium, listing many mineral clubs in Europe and the United States with lots of free mineral and earth science software downloads |
The International Meneralogical Association (IMA)The International Meneralogical Association (IMA) is the world's largest organization promoting mineralolgy. There are 39 national mineralogical societies or groups that are members of IMA. | The University of HamburgThe illustrated catalogue lists all proven mineral type specimens. The type minerals are described in detail. The catalogue offers also a free-download geo reference file |
