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Originally posted by petronut:
Hi everyone,

I have been fascinated with rocks and minerals since I was a boy. While I was an undergraduate at the University of Illinois, I took courses in Geology for mine own edification. One of my most treasured memories from college is when we were actually sent out to do field work. I never had so much fun in my life!

My primary interests, besides collecting rock and mineral specimens, is sedimentary and igneous petrology. I enjoy the challenge of reading the rocks and trying to figure out the Earth history contained within them.

Even though I'm not a geologists by profession, I still have a great passion for going out into the field with my pick hammer, hand lens and other tools.

I have been hooked on "Cash and Treasure" and now "Treasure Hunter" since they both first aired. And, I just love Kirsten. She is just perfect for these shows.

Having moved to Indiana fairly recently from Chicago, I have had to become acquainted with the state's geology. Probably the most abundant mineral in this state would be calcite, since this area was once covered by a warm shallow ocean. The bedrock consist mostly of limestone as a result, with some coal in the southern part of the state. The area in which I live is covered with a fairly thick layer of glacial till from the last ice age, and it is not uncommon, for example, to see huge glacial erratics of granite that were carried and deposited in this region long ago. The primary rocks to be found here in Indiana are limestone, chert, arkose, shale, sandstone and conglomerates. Some of the minerals that I have come across are flourite, quartz and chalcedony (particular within geodes) and lots and lots of calcite! LOL

My dream is to one day take a cross-country train ride and visit some of the wonderful places that Kirsten has visited in the many episodes of both "Cash and Treasure" and "Treasure Hunter".

Even though I haven't made a fortune off of any of my specimens I have some excellent specimens of Sodalite (which have been cut to be used as bookends), optical quality Calcite (i.e. Iceland Spar), Gray Hematite, chain coral in a shale groundmass, which I found in my late father-in-law's backyard, and a very nice specimen of pumice, just to name a few. They may not be worth a fortune (actually I don't know how much they're worth, since I've never had them appraised), but they are priceless to me!;-)

I just want to thank Kirsten and the crew for keeping up my passion for exploring and finding the wondrous treasures of the Earth.

Eric

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Originally posted by petronut:
Hi everyone,

I have been fascinated with rocks and minerals since I was a boy. While I was an undergraduate at the University of Illinois, I took courses in Geology for mine own edification. One of my most treasured memories from college is when we were actually sent out to do field work. I never had so much fun in my life!

My primary interests, besides collecting rock and mineral specimens, is sedimentary and igneous petrology. I enjoy the challenge of reading the rocks and trying to figure out the Earth history contained within them.

Even though I'm not a geologists by profession, I still have a great passion for going out into the field with my pick hammer, hand lens and other tools.

I have been hooked on "Cash and Treasure" and now "Treasure Hunter" since they both first aired. And, I just love Kirsten. She is just perfect for these shows.

Having moved to Indiana fairly recently from Chicago, I have had to become acquainted with the state's geology. Probably the most abundant mineral in this state would be calcite, since this area was once covered by a warm shallow ocean. The bedrock consist mostly of limestone as a result, with some coal in the southern part of the state. The area in which I live is covered with a fairly thick layer of glacial till from the last ice age, and it is not uncommon, for example, to see huge glacial erratics of granite that were carried and deposited in this region long ago. The primary rocks to be found here in Indiana are limestone, chert, arkose, shale, sandstone and conglomerates. Some of the minerals that I have come across are flourite, quartz and chalcedony (particular within geodes) and lots and lots of calcite! LOL

My dream is to one day take a cross-country train ride and visit some of the wonderful places that Kirsten has visited in the many episodes of both "Cash and Treasure" and "Treasure Hunter".

Even though I haven't made a fortune off of any of my specimens I have some excellent specimens of Sodalite (which have been cut to be used as bookends), optical quality Calcite (i.e. Iceland Spar), Gray Hematite, chain coral in a shale groundmass, which I found in my late father-in-law's backyard, and a very nice specimen of pumice, just to name a few. They may not be worth a fortune (actually I don't know how much they're worth, since I've never had them appraised), but they are priceless to me!;-)

I just want to thank Kirsten and the crew for keeping up my passion for exploring and finding the wondrous treasures of the Earth.

Eric

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