What is The Vug?

The Vug is THE portal to all things rock & mineral on the web. We provide links to mineral websites and The-Vug produced content, including free videos and articles.

How can I get my website listed on The Vug?

It's Easy and Free! To have your website listed on the Vug all you have to do is send an email containing the website name, address and a brief description to Justin@The-Vug.com. We will reveiw the submission and then place the name of the website, a small description, and a link to your website in the correct category. In return all we ask is that you link back to us on your website. You can use one of our banners here or you can use the text below to link to

However The Vug does offer a variety of very afordable advertising packages. Please refer to our Advertising Page for rates.

Why don't some of the links work when I click them?

The-Vug.com is designed to work the best on Firefox, Opera, Safari and IE 7.0+. If you are using Internet Explorer, consider upgrading to 7.0 or higher. You'll like it!

Why is the website so small/big?

Please check your screen resolution. This website is best veiwed at 1024 x 768 pixels. You can change this in Windows by first going to your "Control Panel", go to "Display Properties" then click on the "Settings" tab. Choose 1024 x 768 (or the closest size) pixels and press "OK".

The website FONT is to big/small for the layout of the website (if you are having this problem you will know what I am talking about)?

This problem can happen if you are using a mouse that has a scroll wheel, which most do now a days. Just click anwhere on your screan where there isn't a link and just click down on the wheel. Most of the time this works. However, some mouse scroll wheels do not click down. If yours will not click down, then you need to hold down "control" and scroll the mouse scroll wheel up and down until the font changes to fit the screen. Simple as that.

What are those small numbers on the bottom right hand side of certain website link descriptions?

Those small numbers indicate the amount of update notifications that those websites have sent to The-Vug.com. If you click on this number you will be taken to the Most Frequently Updated Websites Page.

What is the contact information for The-Vug.com?

For all questions, comments, suggestions, death threats and whatever, please email Justin at Justin@The-Vug.com.

If you really, and I mean REALLY, need to contact us by phone, please call.. 323.284.8360, but not before 10am Pacific Time.

If you want to send a letter/payment (make checks payable to Brandy Naugle) please use this address:

The-Vug.com
PO Box 13841
Los Angeles, CA 90013

Who is behind The-Vug.com?

Justin answers ALL the emails, does research, writes articles, runs the sales department, handles customer service issues, and LOTS of various other things. So when you send an email to The-Vug, it is Justin you will talk to. However, it is me, Brandy, that does all the html scripting, webdesign, graphic design, ad updates (including Featured Item changes), banner creation, and generally anything that is graphic/design related. So, if you want your link to be extra snazzy, it's not Justin you should be buttering up to, it's Brandy. And yes, I do accept bribes. ;)

How many websites do you guys own?

Too many. Below is a list of all our current, active websites.

The-Vug.com
Zzyzx Minerals
FakeMinerals.com
Where to Buy Minerals
Rockhounding Videos
Brandy Art & Design and some others...