[Rockhounds] Update on Barrick's "Unlock The Value" Competition

[Kitty & Bill Heacox]

Folks, Kreigh makes no secret of the fact that he doesn't have a degree 
from a college or university.  I think he proves in this Barrick's 
contest---as well as consistently on this list---that he is one of the 
smartest and most informed people around in the earth sciences, and 
perhaps that last qualification ("in earth sciences") is not even 
required!  Formal education is not necessarily a good indication of 
intelligence, and I'm speaking as one who has a couple of degrees myself. 

Congratulations, Kreigh, and I salute you!  And I admire all the others 
(like Axel, for example) who prove that rockhounding (as Kreigh says) 
can lead to real science, and that a self-education can be as valid or 
better than one obtained through formal advanced eduction systems. 
               

Aloha, Kitty

Kreigh Tomaszewski wrote:
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Rockhounding is a gateway to real science, and that amateurs can be 
taken seriously when they pursue it.
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