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CFMS DVD Program Library

CFMS DVD PROGRAM LIBRARY

DVD-1. TREE STORIES. 28 minutes, 2004. An examination of petrified wood.

DVD-2. ROCK OF AGES. 18 minutes, 2000. Visit the granite quarries and manufacturing facilities at Barre, Vermont.

DVD-3. THOSE FABULOUS THUNDER EGGS -PART II. 40 minutes, 2005. Covers thunder eggs in general with a concentration on Oregon eggs.

DVD-4. SEDIMENTARY AND VEIN AGATES. 46 minutes, 2005. Describes how these agates are formed and their specific characteristics.

DVD-5. THE ART OF GEM CUTTING - 124 minutes, 2005. Professionally produced by Fac-Ette Manufacturing. It describes by steps the process of faceting.

DVD-6 THE BENITOITE MINE - 17 minutes, 2005. Professionally produced, describes history of California's State Gem, role of Rod Dalles, and Coalinga.

The following nine programs, each 60 minutes, are unedited copies of the presentations from the CFMS 2006 Calaveras Show:

DVD-7. AGATES by Bob Jones.

DVD-8. CRYSTALLIZED GOLD by Bob Jones.

DVD-9. GEM MINES OF MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL by Anthony Kampf.

DVD-10. MINERALS FAKES, FRAUDS AND FANTASIES by Anthony Kampf.

DVD-11. SMITHSONIAN MINERAL HIGHLIGHTS by Jeffrey Post.

DVD-12. UNITED STATES NATIONAL GEM COLLECTION by Jeffreu Post.

DVD-13. GEOLOGIC HAZARDS: DEATH AND DESTRUCTION IF WE GET IT WRONG by Bob Watters.

DVD-14. VOLCANOES: HOW TO RECOGNIZE, ASSESS AND MINIMIZE HAZARDS by Bob Watters.

DVD-15. THE EARTH IN A NUTSHELL by Russ Shoemaker

The following 6 videos from the "Nature of Earth: An Introduction to Geology" are a series of 36 lectures by Professor Hohn J. Renton of West Virginia University. They were produced in 2006 and purchased from "The Teaching Company" by the CFMS.

DVD16. DISC 1. Six 30-minute lectures on the following subjects:

  1. Origin of the Universe
  2. Origin of the Solar system
  3. Continental Drift
  4. Plate Tectonics
  5. The Formation of Minerals
  6. Classification of Minerals

DVD17. DISC 2. Six 30-minute lectures on the following subjects:

  1. The Identification of Minerals
  2. Kinds of Rocks
  3. Sedimentary Rocks
  4. Metamorphic Rocks
  5. Volcanic Activity
  6. Phases of Volcanic Activity

DVD18. DISC 3. Six 30-minute lectures on the following subjects:

  1. The Hawaiian Islands and Yellowstone Park
  2. Mass Wasting - Gravity at Work
  3. Mass Wasting Processes
  4. Weathering
  5. Soils and the Clay Minerals
  6. Climate and the Type of Soils

DVD19. DISC 4. Six 30-minute lectures on the following subjects:

  1. Streams - The Major Agent of Erosion
  2. Sculpting of the Landscape
  3. Stream Erosion in Arid Regions
  4. Ice Sculpts the Final Scene
  5. Groundwater
  6. The Production of Groundwater

DVD20. DISC 5. Six 30-minute lectures on the following subjects:

  1. Karst Topography
  2. Groundwater Contamination
  3. Rock Deformation
  4. The Geologic Structures
  5. Faults and Joints
  6. Earthquakes.

DVD21. DISC 6. Six 30-minute lectures on the following subjects:

  1. Damage from Earthquakes
  2. Seismology
  3. The Formations of Mountains
  4. Orogenic Styles
  5. Economic Geology of Coal
  6. Economic Geology of Petroleum.

DVD-22. GERMAN AGATES - 36 ,omutes. Describes agates found at four locations in vicinity of Idar-Oberstein Germany.

DVD-23. GEOLOGY OF CAVES AND CAVERNS - 34 minutes, 2006. Illustrates how underground water dissolves limestone to form caves, caverns, stalagmites.

DVD-24. ANTARCTIA: A FROZEN LABORATORY - 25 minutes, 2006. Analysis of fossils and ancient magma, shows how past weather patterns are examined..

DVD-25. THOSE FABULOUS THUNDEREGGS, PART III - 27 minutes. Focuses on Oregon Thundereggs, also describes New Mexico, California, Eashington eggs.

DVD-26. MINERAL COLLECTING IN AND AROUND QUARTZSITE AND PARKER ARIZONA - 2005. Identifies 8 locations where you will be able to collect minerals.

DVD-27. MINERAL COLLECTING, 2 HOURS OR LESS FROM LOS ANGELES. - 2005. Identifies 8 locations with directional maps and description of minerals.

DVD-28. AGATES CLOSE-UP. 40 minutes, 2007. Specimens from around the world are magnified to examine structures in agates.

DVD-29. KENTUCKY AGATE. 30 minutes, 2007. Shows examples of this colorful gemstone; how it is collected, cut and polished.

DVD-30. FRANKLIN, NJ - FLUORESCENT MINERAL CAPITAL. 23 minutes, 2008. Overview of the area geology and tour of mines and museums.

DVD-31. SILVER IN NO TIME, PRECIOUS METAL CLAY. 50 minutes, 2006. Lessons by Linda Bernstein on bead shapes, rings, stone setting in dried clay and hidden barrel clasp.

DVD-32. HEART OF CANYON COUNTRY. 61 minutes, 2008. Views of Canyonlands - Natural Bridges, Capitol Reef; Bryce, Zion and Arches parks.

DVD-33. TUMBLING ROCKS. 64 minutes, 2008. Presented by Mike Wendt, it includes an agates gallery, tumbling process, tumbler running and construction.

DVD-34. GEOAMERICA. 53 minutes, 2008. Geology and history of oil in East Texas; exploration of Permian Reef and Mississippi River Delta deposits.

DVD-35. LIVING ROCK. 57 minutes, 2002. An educational program about Earth's geology, introduces a number of geologic concepts.