Post by Operatenor on Dec 31, 2011 13:07:04 GMT -5
Hi All,
I grew up in the AZ desert and collected rocks as a kid. I now have a seven year-old daughter now who seems to share my fascination with minerals.
We just came back from a couple of days of serious novice collecting from one day at the Tonopah-Belmont mine and one day at the Grey Horse mine in AZ. Altogether we came out with about 125 lbs of specimens, rather unscientifically collected(after all, she's 7). ;D
That was my first time hanging around old mines(we didn't enter - not at all prepared for it), and it seems like things have changed since I last collected minerals some 40 or so years ago.
Once I get everything sorted and identified, I intend to start a thread here - with pics, of course - and compare to what you relative experts are doing.
Oh yeah, we also are the proud owners of a two-barrel Lortone tumbler(I have a set of four barrels, one for each step), and have a complete set of floor-standing lapidary machines waiting for me to make room for them(a gift from a neighbor) - something I've never done before.
Try not to laugh too much as you walk me through all of this(or so I hope)...
I grew up in the AZ desert and collected rocks as a kid. I now have a seven year-old daughter now who seems to share my fascination with minerals.
We just came back from a couple of days of serious novice collecting from one day at the Tonopah-Belmont mine and one day at the Grey Horse mine in AZ. Altogether we came out with about 125 lbs of specimens, rather unscientifically collected(after all, she's 7). ;D
That was my first time hanging around old mines(we didn't enter - not at all prepared for it), and it seems like things have changed since I last collected minerals some 40 or so years ago.
Once I get everything sorted and identified, I intend to start a thread here - with pics, of course - and compare to what you relative experts are doing.
Oh yeah, we also are the proud owners of a two-barrel Lortone tumbler(I have a set of four barrels, one for each step), and have a complete set of floor-standing lapidary machines waiting for me to make room for them(a gift from a neighbor) - something I've never done before.
Try not to laugh too much as you walk me through all of this(or so I hope)...
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