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2. Amateur geology - Wikipedia

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   Amateur geology or rock collecting (also referred to as rockhounding in the United States and Canada) is the non-professional study and hobby of collecting rocks and minerals or fossil specimens from the natural environment. [1] [2] In Australia, New Zealand and Cornwall, the amateur geologists call this activity fossicking. [3]

3. Mineral collecting - Wikipedia

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   Mineral collectors find a variety of reasons to collect minerals. Many minerals are strikingly beautiful and collected for their aesthetic value. Others collect to learn more about mineralogy, the local mining industry and/or local geology. Some simply enjoy exploring the outdoors and socializing and trading with other mineral collectors.

4. Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals - Wikipedia

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   The collections include gemstones, minerals, fossils, meteorites, and some artifacts. [24] Gemstones include rubies, diamonds, rhodochrosite, opal, emerald, and amethyst among others. [2] [4] [17] [24] Fossils include shark teeth, coprolites, or fossilized dung, petrified wood, dinosaur eggs, trilobites, and a baby dinosaur of the genus ...

5. Fossil collecting - Wikipedia

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   Fossil collecting (sometimes, in a non-scientific sense, fossil hunting) is the collection of the fossils for scientific study, hobby, or profit. Fossil collecting, as practiced by amateurs, is the predecessor of modern paleontology and many still collect fossils and study fossils as amateurs. Professionals and amateurs alike collect fossils ...

6. 12 Valuable Swarovski Crystal Figurines That Cost a ... - AOL

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   Highest listing price on eBay: $350 First introduced in the ’90s, the polar bear crystal figurine sits on top of a silver mirrored plate, adding to his shining abilities under a lighted display.

7. List of minerals recognized by the International ...

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   Crystals of serandite, natrolite, analcime, and aegirine from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. Mineralogy is an active science in which minerals are discovered or recognised on a regular basis. Use of old mineral names is also discontinued, for example when a name is no longer considered valid.