Please can I have two minutes of your time?
Mindat.org needs your help RIGHT NOW.
I apologise for interrupting your use of mindat.org with our plea, but as a regular user of mindat.org your help is needed RIGHT NOW to keep our site alive.
I want to thank you all for helping to build this incredible resource. Now I need your continued help, year after year, to ensure that we are able to protect this for generations to come.
Jolyon Ralph, founder, mindat.org
And a special thanks to you if you've never donated before. Whether your donation is large or small it's helping keep mindat.org running a little bit longer.
Maybe you did not realise that mindat.org relies almost entirely on donations from people such as you to continue, but we prefer it this way, not stuffed full of obnoxious ads.
For larger donations you may prefer to do a bank transfer or to post us a check. This also helps reduce the transaction costs for us. Please contact us at info@hudsonmineralogy.org for our bank account details.
Or, you can send a check made payable to mindat.org to:
Hudson Institute of Mineralogy dba Mindat.org
1113 Cambridge Hill Lane
Keswick, VA 22947-2749, USA
If you wish to pay by credit card, use this form, and on the PayPal payment page, click the option that says 'Pay with a debit or credit card'. You do NOT need a PayPal account to pay this way.
Thank you!
Your generous support is VERY much appreciated.
Jolyon Ralph, mindat.org founder.
What is the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy?
The Hudson Institute of Mineralogy was formed in 2003 to offer expanded public outreach and dissemination of mineral specimens and mineralogical information at no charge to earth science teachers, students and the general public. In the ensuing dozen years since its inception, thousands of mineral specimens and significant amounts of laboratory equipment have been obtained and subsequently donated by the Institute to advance mineralogical education and awareness. The designation of Mindat.org activities as the major outreach effort of the Hudson Institute is a logical step in the development of both organizations, and it also provides Mindat.org with additional, tax exempt funding opportunities to ensure its long-term viability. The operations management of Mindat.org remains unchanged, and several Mindat managers have joined the Board of Directors of the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy.