Member Benefits Field Equipment Lending Library Borrow rock hammers, hand lenses, UV lamps, and field kits from your chapter before committing to your own gear.
Publications Mineral Fluorescence: A Member Brief A short brief on safely demonstrating fluorescent minerals, covering UV wavelengths, eye protection, and reliable responders.
Publications ARE Quarterly: Summer 2025 — Colorado Rhodochrosite A feature issue on rhodochrosite, Colorado's state mineral, with locality history and a field report from the 2025 annual meeting.
Field Guides Fluorescent Minerals Under Ultraviolet Light How and why some minerals glow under UV, with a safe workflow for using shortwave and longwave lamps in the field and at displays.
Annual Meeting Rockbound 2024 Annual Meeting The 2024 meeting in Salt Lake City paired Wasatch and Great Basin field trips with safety clinics and a strong educator track.
Annual Meeting Rockbound 2025 Annual Meeting The 2025 gathering in Denver brought field labs in the Front Range, certification clinics, and a record exhibit hall to the foot of the R…
Member Benefits Online Mineral Identification Database Access Full access to the ARE specimen identification database, including field-tested ID sheets, locality notes, and the member-submitted speci…
Confectionery Geology Pop Rocks Geologist Field Pack A six-packet assortment of Pop Rocks in a resealable field pouch, with a laminated ARE reference card on vesicular volcanic textures and …
Confectionery Geology Rock Candy Crystal Growing Kit A complete classroom or kitchen kit for growing sucrose crystals — includes ARE specimen cards, a crystallography lesson guide, and enoug…
Confectionery Geology Sugar Minerals: A Confectionery Approach to Understanding Crystal Habit A peer-reviewed member brief arguing that rock candy is the most underutilized teaching mineral in the ARE library — and how to fix that.
