OT: Random interests outside of sports

OT: Random interests outside of sports Aug 5, 2018 20:22:08 GMT via mobile

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Post by You_Got_A_Stew_Goin_Baby on Aug 5, 2018 20:22:08 GMT

Aug 4, 2018 23:03:44 GMT tristramshandy said:

Aug 3, 2018 2:25:26 GMT You_Got_A_Stew_Goin_Baby said:

Mineral exploration. I enjoy hiking around remote parts of California, Oregon, and Nevada looking for interesting minerals. Found some gold, fluorite, lapiz lazuli, sphalerite, galena, pyrite, amazonite, and realgar.

Have you ever been to the Los Angeles Natural History Museum? They have multiple rooms dedicated to minerals and gems with some amazing specimens. After going through it, I realized I didn't know much about them.

I haven’t been the LA Natural History Museum since I was a little kid. I’ll have hit it up next time I’m in LA. I majored in geology at school and briefly worked as an exploration geologist for a gold company in Nevada. Nowadays I’m a geo-engineer working on construction projects. It’s good work, but it lacks emphasis on mineralogy that disciplines of geology possess. Nothing quite like finding a cool crystal/gemstone from the ground.