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What's mineralogy all about? a) finding minerals, crystals, 'treasures' and reading about mineral localities b) going on mineral hunting trips together, making fun of eachother because of this stupid hobby c) drinking cold beer (Guinness of course) after that ;-) d) learn, acquire knowledge on mineralogy and share it e) having a collection, nicely labled in plastic boxes, f) show it to other collectors g) and tell tough stories about bears almost killing you while collecting the specimens! h) spend days (sunny and raining...) outside in the wild wild nature, sportive, active i) the hobby doesn't cost anything if you don't want to ! And... it generates a lot of side-activities like: - building stupid websites - macro-photography - writing articles and getting them published in glossy magazines |
What can WE do on the net with that? a) we can offer information on where to find minerals and recent info on mineral-localities b) build an online community / portal to meet eachother virtually, with a forum, e-zine and mailinglist c) we are glad there's no replacement for Guinness on the net...!! d) no problem with that on the net, it's all about information/knowledge sharing e) you can make a list of your collection, publish it on your site, f) publish pictures of nice specimens in your collection online g) and those tough stories (also publish pictures of the bear please...) h) can't compensate that on the net luckily! i) the internet is free if you're smart enough... |