Post by paulshiroma on Aug 11, 2012 22:59:53 GMT -5
Probably not the most descriptive subject line but it's the best way I could put it.
This afternoon, GR pm'ed me urgently letting me know of an individual on the board who was "just visiting" so that they could give away a rock collection. The collection was a family members and they were cleaning up their home in preparation for moving the family member into an assisted care facility. Sorry for all the third person pronouns but the individual was only here temporarily for only that one purpose so, in deference, I'm concealing names and redacting details.
Regardless, I did want to thank them publicly for giving us the collection. As I sifted through the contents in my garage, I was struck by the personal history that I was handling - many of the rocks were id'ed and cataloged with locations and sometimes dates. Not to get overly sentimental about handling rocks but I know that the collection the boys and I have put together has a sentimental value and this collection does as well.
Anyway, here's a few photos of what was picked up. Thank you again, to our "visitor".
The full shot:
A few close ups:
They also had several boxed sets with labels on where materials were collected. Here's two of them:
Also, they had some very old tumbling supplies. Had about ten cans of grit. To give you an idea of how long ago this was ordered, they were still in the shipping box with the manifest and receipt - six tins (2 each of coarse, medium, and polish) was $2.95. Gotta love inflation.
And a package of Rocks and Gems for the tumbler, also from Sears
There were also fossils and a large amount of unmarked materials that are going to take a long time to sift through. Thanks for looking.
Paul
This afternoon, GR pm'ed me urgently letting me know of an individual on the board who was "just visiting" so that they could give away a rock collection. The collection was a family members and they were cleaning up their home in preparation for moving the family member into an assisted care facility. Sorry for all the third person pronouns but the individual was only here temporarily for only that one purpose so, in deference, I'm concealing names and redacting details.
Regardless, I did want to thank them publicly for giving us the collection. As I sifted through the contents in my garage, I was struck by the personal history that I was handling - many of the rocks were id'ed and cataloged with locations and sometimes dates. Not to get overly sentimental about handling rocks but I know that the collection the boys and I have put together has a sentimental value and this collection does as well.
Anyway, here's a few photos of what was picked up. Thank you again, to our "visitor".
The full shot:
A few close ups:
They also had several boxed sets with labels on where materials were collected. Here's two of them:
Also, they had some very old tumbling supplies. Had about ten cans of grit. To give you an idea of how long ago this was ordered, they were still in the shipping box with the manifest and receipt - six tins (2 each of coarse, medium, and polish) was $2.95. Gotta love inflation.
And a package of Rocks and Gems for the tumbler, also from Sears
There were also fossils and a large amount of unmarked materials that are going to take a long time to sift through. Thanks for looking.
Paul
;D
