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Post by lonewolfrockhound on Jan 10, 2007 18:12:49 GMT -5
Guess the bug has bit me bad. Taking an online geology course this semester.  A person just can't get enough rock info IMO. Has anybody else had geology and is it helpful to you in understanding the hobby of rock collecting and identification? I know it's impact would be nill on the portion of the hobby involving the actual processing of rock via tumbling, cabbing, etc., but it seems that maybe to help "round out" the rockhound, it's good stuff to know? |
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spikeict
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Post by spikeict on Jan 10, 2007 19:49:27 GMT -5
I took some geology courses, late high school and early college and wish I had followed that path. I think the more you know about what makes the rocks what they are,the greater appreciation you have for them, and in turn know better how to treat them. Kind of like when learning to bake, the glob in front of you is alive so stop throwing it around a treat it with respect and it will do what you want it to. That probably makes no sense to anyone but me, but so be it!
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Post by joe on Jan 10, 2007 20:58:33 GMT -5
Yes! I looked at some geology pages on the web to get a better appreciation of the processes involved in rock and mineral formation. Knowing what it took to form a rock helps me to appreciate the beauty and wonder of it all!
I think it's great stuff to know.
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Jan 10, 2007 21:20:15 GMT -5
Yeah, I took quite a bit in college but unfortunately have forgotten most of it *L*. I should take a refresher course when I have time because I work the auction and rock ID booth at our club show and many of the mineral and crystal samples befuddle me *L*....mel
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Post by lonewolfrockhound on Jan 10, 2007 21:29:50 GMT -5
Sounds like I'm doing the right thing. Thanks for the input!  |
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chinook203
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Post by chinook203 on Jan 10, 2007 22:21:07 GMT -5
I don't know how it couldn't help. I read some basic geology today and it gave me a better understanding of looking for certain kind of rocks. I've thought of taking a geology course.
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181lizard
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Post by 181lizard on Jan 11, 2007 0:57:50 GMT -5
Spike...will you pass the info to me about how to take the course?
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Post by lonewolfrockhound on Jan 13, 2007 10:41:22 GMT -5
It's a physical geology course. I started reading Chp 1 last night. The fellow that is teaching it has never put a course of any type online before. So, since I have about 3 courses in Anatomy online, I'm going to help him put this geology course online and he's giving me the textbook and lab manual (extras he had). Pretty good swap if you ask me considering the costs of books. And, the online stuff is pretty easy for me since I've been exposed to it so much. At the end of the semester, I'll let you folks know how it goes, it would be as cheap a course as you can get since it's our junior college here in town that it would be through. This board has already given me a heads up. He handed me a peice of what I thought was flint, he said "Have some chert!".....lol Of course, I never even heard of chert before i landed here on this board. i knew immediately what he was talking about. Course, i didn't feel too badly about identifying it as flint since they are so much the same thing. I'll never forget somebody here said that their daddy calls EVERYTHING chert....lol Don't know why it struck me as it did, but it's stuck for sure. Later! |
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