[Rockhounds] It's Aaron

[Shawn Hendricks]

Hi Kreigh,
I like collecting too and the chemistry part. And pretty much wherever I go, I am looking down. Thanks for the good advice and sharing info about yourself. This kind of stuff helps me a lot with my studies.
Aaron


 

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From: Kreigh Tomaszewski <Kreigh at tomaszewski.net>
Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] It's Aaron
To: "Rockhounds at drizzle.com: A mailing list for rock and gem collectors" <rockhounds at lists.drizzle.com>
Date: Wednesday, July 22, 2009, 8:57 PM


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
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