Collecting Rocks and Minerals

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Collecting Rocks and Minerals

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NamVet58

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Let's discuss the great hobby of collecting Rocks and Minerals. Whether it's a great trip you've taken, a special site you've found or general information about rockhounding we would love to hear about it! Feel free to post pictures of your treasures and share how you came to aquire them. Welcome to our group and Rock On!!

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Welcome to a new adventure

Baby boomers are ideal candidates for becoming the new generation of rockhounds. Statistics reveal that baby boomers are concentrated in metropolitan areas, as opposed to rural counties. What bette... | posted by nanaflower

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On to fossils

Are those little fossil golden books any good? Think we are going to have an extra credit assignment to go down to the Falls of the Ohio and do some work so I'm going to need some reference. Our te... | posted by suzieb

6 replies - last reply: "WEll, he and I sorted out that the... more" ~ suzieb

HEADING OUT.............

11/15/09.........today on a new adventure. The sunrise made the sky on the eastern horizon all golden as I awoke around 0600 hrs. I have and early days adventure planned for the day, so was up and ... | posted by NamVet58

1 reply - last reply: "sounds like a fun day. Enjoy " ~ suzieb

Kennewick man charged with murdering dog trainer

It's amazing what they can discern from bones now! WANTED: Artist's rendering if you see this man, do not approach, call the police immediatly! news article: view link any other examples out th... | posted by JadeJunkie

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New Pretties from Magnet Cove

I have been terribly busy for a while now but back to our regular seasonal collecting. We now have ample specimens of Emerald Green Biotite from Magnet Cove. Thank goodness Arkansas has so many min... | posted by MeSneakUpOnRocks

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Anywhere in the world

Nam's reponse to a post suggested taking off and collecting rocks all around the world. If you had one place (only one) on this earth to go collect rocks, or one place to see a geologic feature, wh... | posted by suzieb

18 replies - last reply: "................hopefully things... more" ~ NamVet58

remember, remember the fifth of november

It's been a bad day weather domistic or foriegn a terrible day | posted by JadeJunkie

4 replies - last reply: "AND if we want to talk about real... more" ~ suzieb

Giant Crack In Africa Will Produce New Ocean......

11/03/09.............Some awesome geological news here my friends. This should give every geophile something to talk about. Enjoy and ask questions class........ view link | posted by NamVet58

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Tests, tests and more tests

Topo map test last night. Thought I was doing pretty good last night till it got to drawing out a terrain. You know you have to mark the contour lines along a cross section of the map, then graph i... | posted by suzieb

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Not A Rock Story...........

.............but related to the rock collector I am......... .............................Into The Battle..................... ...........of words. As I prepared myself for battle, my hair was sh... | posted by NamVet58

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