[Rockhounds] It's Aaron

[Kreigh Tomaszewski]

Hi Aaron,

You ask good questions. Keep it up. It is a valuable skill that will 
serve you well.

Everything we use is either grown or mined. I've always been interested 
in what comes out of the ground. Rockhounding touches on almost every 
human activity.  Rockhounding can give you a lifetime of pleasure and 
learning that you will never exhaust.

My early interest in rockhounding gave me an interest in chemistry. 
Chemistry led to physics (and electronics, and astronomy). 
Professionally I ended up in computers and have been working with them 
at all levels for over 35 years. Currently I am the 'Postmaster' for a 
global corporation and handle all their internet email. I have enjoyed 
working with computers and would suggest you need to find a job/career 
that you can enjoy. I wanted to be a geologist when I was young.

I have kept my rockhounding hobby. I am a now systematic mineral 
collector. My collection includes about a third of all known minerals, 
and many of them are from the Type Locality were the mineral was first 
found. I am interested in the science as well as the collecting. I've 
been researching the geology of a local mine for years and have 
published a couple short papers on it. I have loaned specimens to 
geologists and colleges for study.  Serious amateurs don't need a 
degree to be accepted as geologists (or astronomers, or whatever).

I collect rocks and minerals when I go on vacation. I try to be active 
in my local rock club. I try to give back to the hobby that has given 
me so much learning and pleasure. I look forward to when I can retire 
from work and pursue my rockhounding hobby full time.

It is important that you follow your interests. It is important that 
you acquire a joy from learning. It is important to ask good questions. 
It is important to learn something new every day. It is important to be 
honest.

You have made a good start and I expect to hear good things about you 
in the future.

Kreigh




On Wednesday, Jul 22, 2009, at 20:25 America/Detroit, Shawn Hendricks 
wrote:

> Hi group,
> It's me Aaron. My mom Shawn signed us up for this group. I am going to 
> be a geologist, gemologist, paleantologist, or something like that 
> when I grow up. I have a big question, when and how did you become 
> interested in geology and what do you do now that you are grown? I 
> want to see what interesting fields I could get into in the future and 
> what I should prepare for. Also, I do think that whatever I do, 
> digging would have to be a major part of it. Do you have aanything 
> really important that you learned, or some advice that has stuck with 
> you through your years? Anyone wanting to answer please do. I use 
> these emails and such as part of my Language Arts for homeschool as 
> well as my geology study. My mom helps me type cause I'm so slow at it 
> so it may take a bit for me to get back. Thanks
> Aaron Hendricks
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