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  2. Amateur geology - Wikipedia

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    Avid rock collectors often use their specimens to learn about gemstones, petrology, mineralogy and geology as well as skills in the identification and classifying of specimen rocks, and preparing them for display. The hobby can lead naturally into lapidary projects, and also the cutting, polishing, and mounting of gemstones and minerals. The ...

  3. Mineral collecting - Wikipedia

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    A collection of identified rocks and minerals on display. The black stones on the left are obsidians; the lighter, hollow rocks are geodes. A collection of smaller mineral samples stored and displayed in clear cases Azurite specimen from the Morenci mine, Morenci, Arizona, USA.

  4. List of minerals - Wikipedia

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    Amethyst crystals – a purple quartz Apophyllite crystals sitting right beside a cluster of peachy bowtie stilbite Aquamarine variety of beryl with tourmaline on orthoclase Arsenopyrite from Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico Aurichalcite needles spraying out within a protected pocket lined by bladed calcite crystals Austinite from the Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico Ametrine ...

  5. Ever gone rockhounding near the Tri-Cities area? You can find ...

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    In general, land managed by the U.S. Forest Service, like the Umatilla National Forest, allows a reasonable collection of rocks and minerals for personal, hobby and noncommercial use. Generally ...

  6. Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals - Wikipedia

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    The Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals is a non-profit museum in Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. Located just north of the Sunset Highway on the northern edge of Hillsboro, the earth science museum is in the Portland metropolitan area. Opened in 1997, the museum's collections date to the 1930s with the museum housed in a home built ...

  7. Category:Mineralogy museums - Wikipedia

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    Mineralogy museums — natural history museums with collections of minerals. Mineral collections are often part of the displays at regional and local geology and mining museums . See also: Category:Mining museums

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