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@matteo-di-angelo Me too. I have a small mineral collection myself and quite a few mineral books.  Around here (Cincinnati) mineral collecting is nonexistent.  That’s why we get excited about these little geodes in brachiopods.  So, most of my collection is purchased one way or another but some specimens have been given to me.  I like the metallic minerals – copper, galena, hematite and other less common stuff – much to my wife’s dismay.  She likes the pretty crystals.

Combination mineral/fossil specimens are interesting too like Tampa Bay geodized corals and the Florida geodized clams.  One cool thing about the corals is the chalcedony inside fluoresces. I don’t know if the clams fluoresce as I don’t have one.  I’ve been looking for one but most are not that good looking and the prices have really jumped on them.  Some of the stromatoporoids around here have vugs lined with calcite crystals too but I haven’t seen any to get excited about.

So do you still have a collection of minerals?  Do you specialize in anything particular?

I hope Eleanor doesn’t give us the boot for talking about minerals on the FOSSIL site. 😉