[Rockhounds] MR Texas Supplement

[Kreigh Tomaszewski]

Sandra,

I don't subscribe to MR and have not seen the issue in question. I have 
several MR issues in my Library (most to support species/specimens). 
Fair disclosure.

I do appreciate your observation about learning to recognize the 
unusual, no matter what the profession. Studies have shown it takes 
about 10K hours of working at any profession to become an expert in the 
field.

Unusual specimens of any mineral are more fun.

 From what has been shared on the List I can appreciate your wanting to 
share some of your best specimens, and supporting MR at the same time; 
I'm going to have to hunt down the issue.

"I am a Rockhound. My name is Kreigh. I am addicted to 'rock porn'".

Cheers!

Kreigh



On Wednesday, Feb 4, 2009, at 22:43 America/Detroit, Sandra B. Gee 
wrote:
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>
> A big concept in medicine is that students had to do hundreds of 
> physical exams on patients without any physical abnormalities with the 
> idea that when you get accustomed to what's normal, then the out of 
> the ordinary (like the enlarged liver or the hard border of a gastric 
> cancer) sticks out like a sore thumb.   Carrying this idea into 
> mineral collecting, it was only seeing many pictures and actual 
> specimens of malachite and gypsum for me to learn what was usual for 
> malachite and gypsum so that I could learn to spot and recognize the 
> unusual.  And yeah, "rock porn" (love the term!) did play a part in 
> helping me learn these "usual" things.
>
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