[meteorite-list] What else do you collect?

Anita D. Westlake libawc at emory.edu
Thu Nov 30 07:36:17 EST 2006


I started out 20 years ago collecting "PLR's" (Pretty Little Rocks). Then I
graduated to fluorite. I thought it was the coolest thing on the planet. 

Then I discovered calcite. That was all I was ever going to collect. Nothing
else could turn my head. Full steam ahead for calcite!

The more I learned, the more I collected. Soon my house was filling up with
rocks of all sizes, shapes and structures. So much for only collecting
calcite! Then, to my dismay, someone showed me a fossil. Now I was in full
collecting fever for fossils.

And then, about 4 years ago, Jerry Armstrong showed me an Allende meteorite,
and everything else pales in comparison! 

As an added bonus, my specimens also collect dust. Tons of it.

Anita

-----Original Message-----
From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Gary K.
Foote
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 7:11 PM
To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Subject: [meteorite-list] What else do you collect?

As a neophyte collector of meteorites I have amassed about $1K in specimens,
all of which 
I cherish dearly.  I am learning about preservation as some of my specimens
are beginning 
to show signs of scaling, kamacite ooze and other such degradations.

Interestingly enough, along the way I've also become interested in
terrestrial rocks, 
fossils, impactites and the like.  I was just wondering;

What else does everyone collect?

Gary

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