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May 12, 2004 10:02:09 GMT -5
Post by rockyraccoon on May 12, 2004 10:02:09 GMT -5
every morning i clean out my daughters backpack before school. i got out all the papers (always lots of papers and notes) and thought it still felt way too heavy. so i picked it back up and looked in it again. the things have pockets all over them. so i had to start going through pockets and in the last 2 pockets i found lots of rocks, 2 acorns, and a 1/2 a pecan shell. i asked her what she had there and she smiled and said she wanted me to polish those rocks for her then swiped her acorns and pecan shell to go hide somewhere. she's been rockhounding on the playground - too cute!
kim
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llanago
fully equipped rock polisher
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May 12, 2004 10:17:41 GMT -5
Post by llanago on May 12, 2004 10:17:41 GMT -5
That is too cute! How old is she? She will probably have a big time when her rocks are polished and she can show them off to her friends.
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May 12, 2004 10:46:32 GMT -5
Post by sandsman1 on May 12, 2004 10:46:32 GMT -5
jr rockhound in training hahahaha
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May 12, 2004 11:01:27 GMT -5
Post by rockyraccoon on May 12, 2004 11:01:27 GMT -5
she's 5 and i'd love to have been a fly on the playground to hear what she was telling the others as she collected and if they dared to lose interest how dramatic she got to get them back over there. i can just hear her as loud as she can holler "oh my gosh, it's a rubbish rock" - her word for the ones you can rub with your thumb.
kim
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May 12, 2004 16:17:43 GMT -5
Post by creativeminded on May 12, 2004 16:17:43 GMT -5
I think alot of kids are natural rockhounds, and they tend to become even more so if they know someone that is a tumbler.
Tami
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May 12, 2004 17:17:47 GMT -5
Post by mrbrett on May 12, 2004 17:17:47 GMT -5
That shows you that your children will try and do the things that you do. So it is best to do what is right and positive in front of your childrens eyes.
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WilliamC
spending too much on rocks
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May 12, 2004 18:12:25 GMT -5
Post by WilliamC on May 12, 2004 18:12:25 GMT -5
Greetings All, My 5-year old son collects rocks for me too, he's always coming home with them in his pockets. Mostly just chert and quartzite gravel used for construction and roads, no native rocks here in Northwest Mississippi But he's very happy to give them to me, and I'm happy he's happy WilliamC
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May 12, 2004 19:25:32 GMT -5
Post by cookie3rocks on May 12, 2004 19:25:32 GMT -5
My step daughter (she's 8 on the 14th) brings me rocks too. Theres a lot of glittery "fouls gold" around here and she thinks it's something really special. She's something really special cookie
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SirRoxalot
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May 13, 2004 19:06:50 GMT -5
Post by SirRoxalot on May 13, 2004 19:06:50 GMT -5
Good stuff! I recall keeping a pretty close eye on the playground gravel as a youngster. I still have a look at gravel and rock piles, never know when a fossil or a decent bit of colorful granite might turn up.
You should tell your junior rockhounds that keen-eyed kids have upon occasion found some real treasures; at least one very nice diamond was found by a child at Crater of Diamonds, Arkansas. Google might turn up the whole story.
Kids are great mineral collectors; good vision, healthy curiosity, and being close to the ground helps. I once saw a ten year old find a gem quality green diopside crystal worth about $100.
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