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electric_blue68

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19. Oh, missed it. Yeah, I did. And....

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Tue Jul 14, 2026, 03:13 AM

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My mom, and I were partly into it.
We sometimes went to gem & mineral shows togther. From a shop I'd get smallish geodes, abd we'd crack fhem open to see the quartz hollow insides.

We went to Franklin, NJ to collect florescent rocks, and my dad got me a black light for them.
The. best was when we went to Herkimer, NY for herkimer "diamonds".
We only found small, very small ones - but they are double-pointed quartz. Points on both ends; very pretty!

I'd occasionally buy some pretty minerals until my early 40s?

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Today is International Rock Day. As a child, did you collect rocks? I had one of those boxes with labeled rocks inside. [View all] debm55 Monday OP

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i have some of those painted rocks when it was a thing . allso , i had a pet rok at one time . AllaN01Bear Monday #3

Thank you AllaN01Bear. I use to make those painted rocks and leave on neighbor"s porches debm55 Monday #8

I had that same box of labeled rocks when I was a kid! Diamond_Dog Monday #10

Thank you for sharing , Diamond_Dog debm55 Monday #16

no lol, but i have some rocks now JMCKUSICK Monday #15

Thanks John. debm55 Monday #17

I didn't have a collection, but when I was a child jgo Monday #18

Thank you very much, jgo. That sounds very interesting. debm55 Tuesday #20

Oh, missed it. Yeah, I did. And.... electric_blue68 Tuesday #19

Thank you very much for sharing with us. electric_blue68. That sounds fantastic. debm55 Tuesday #21

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