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2. 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.

3. 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 ...

4. 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]

5. Mineralogy of the Pikes Peak Region - Wikipedia

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   It is a favorite collecting area for amateur and serious rock hounds. Scientists from around the world come to Colorado to study the minerals of this region. Because the granite covers a large portion of the Colorado Front Range, there are good mineral collecting areas scattered all over the Pikes Peak region. The collecting localities range ...

6. List of U.S. state minerals, rocks, stones and gemstones

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   West Virginia joined Kentucky and Utah, which also recognize coal as a state mineral or rock. The drive to name coal as an official state symbol was initiated by a high school student from Wharncliffe, West Virginia , who initiated her project at a school fair and collected 2,500 signatures on a petition that was submitted to legislators.

7. 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 ...