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Originally Posted by Astroman
Nice little story Marty, sorry to hear about the collection going AWOL. I have a few more pieces in the collection now, but mainly stuff like Pyrite and Copper Ore, which looks pretty cool, so only value is it looks cool to me... I also have a piece of weathered Bassalt with Quartz embedded in it, my son found it and it looked cool so I kept it  Must get more Meteorites one day, but Telescope purchases are keeping that on hold for now
hmmm opals you say [rubs chin] |
Here are a couple of examples of Pyrite crystals, one, which naturally form into cubes in the substrate material, that come from Spain. The others where they cube together.
Marty, I know how you feel, when moving my mineral collection, via rail, the two wooden crates disappeared....very disheartening.
But then, having lost a substantial collection, although I did keep the most valuable samples with me, including the gold nuggets that I had found, I moved back to my first love Astronomy, so something good came of it, maybe? I moved away from fossicking and back to serious astronomy which ultimately led to doing professional work at Perth Observatory. That wouldn't have happened if I was still grubbing around in the dirt. But, I still collect meteorites and the more interesting crystals; now, just not an avid collector that I once was.
Cheers Pete