[Rockhounds] It's Aaron

[Jim Daly]

Hi Aaron,
I first became interested in rocks & minerals through a friend in high school, and have now been collecting for about 60 years. My interest caused me to learn more and more chemistry and physics, and that's what I wound up doing for a living- I was a chemist in the plastics industry. I never did anything with minerals except collect them as an amateur until I retired. I then started selling micro minerals on the internet.
My knowledge of minerals did come in handy in my professoinal work from time to time, though. I found, as you will, that all the sciences are related, and it helps to be familiar with as many branches of science as you can.
And above all, never stop asking questions!
Jim Daly
--- On Wed, 7/22/09, Shawn Hendricks <leinani35 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Shawn Hendricks <leinani35 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [Rockhounds] It's Aaron
> To: rockhounds at lists.drizzle.com
> Date: Wednesday, July 22, 2009, 5:25 PM
> 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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