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"For the beauty of the earth...."

That's what this stuff is... The beauty of the earth. I had a small rock and mineral collection my grandmother sent when I was a kid. She had a rock shop in her home at 1 Tucson Terrace just off the highway as you come into Tucson, AZ. (See below for story about my grandmother, Ann Rutledge's part in the starting of the very first Tucson Gem and Mineral Show in 1955. Where it speaks of "the motels", it should be capitalized. Motel was the people's last name.) I'm just now finding time in my life to take it up as a hobby. I love learning about it and photographing the specimens is fitting in with another of my newly found hobbies. If anyone has any info on any of these or has any questions, feel free to leave comments. I've just started collecting, so I don't have much yet. I've purchased some on eBay. What you see here is what I have so far. I'll keep adding. Specimens in picture 3 were purchased from scepterguy on eBay (store name is Cascade Scepters and can be found at cascadescepters.com) Just click on the pictures to see them better. Specimens 4 through 26g were an old collection purchased from treasurechest565 on eBay. They are fabulous! Enjoy the eye candy!
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37d. Hullendite crystals
37d. Hullendite crystals
37e. Chalcedony (India) from miner1640 on ebay.
37e. Chalcedony (India) from miner1640 on ebay.
38. The flower shaped disk in the middle of the picture is fool's gold. I've seen it called miner's dollar and sunflower pyrite.
38. The flower shaped disk in the middle of the picture is fool's gold. I've seen it called miner's dollar and sunflower pyrite.
39. Most of this from miner1640 on ebay. Great stuff.
39. Most of this from miner1640 on ebay. Great stuff.
40. Fabulous Septarian Nodule slab came from fantastic Utah seller, cantim. Click 'n learn!
40. Fabulous Septarian Nodule slab came from fantastic Utah seller, cantim. Click 'n learn!
41. Utah Septarian Nodule slab came from ebay seller, slynninwy567. Great seller, she sent a fantastic freebie!
41. Utah Septarian Nodule slab came from ebay seller, slynninwy567. Great seller, she sent a fantastic freebie!
41a. Septarian Nodules again.
41a. Septarian Nodules again.
41b. Bought  from annab.mom on eBay. 4 inches. Very nice. Very expensive thanks to 15 competing bidders. I gotta get a job.
41b. Bought from annab.mom on eBay. 4 inches. Very nice. Very expensive thanks to 15 competing bidders. I gotta get a job.
41c. Not mine. Wonderful Huge Septarion Nodule sold by reltucdog on ebay. See their description by clicking this picture!
41c. Not mine. Wonderful Huge Septarion Nodule sold by reltucdog on ebay. See their description by clicking this picture!
42. Great purchase. Coming from jonf1 on ebay. Very old educational set by A. E. Foote. See next picture...
42. Great purchase. Coming from jonf1 on ebay. Very old educational set by A. E. Foote. See next picture...
43. Click on the picture and then the link l put in the comment section below the pic.
43. Click on the picture and then the link l put in the comment section below the pic.
44. Probably a hundrend years old or more. This is an A. E. Foote collection. Complete!
44. Probably a hundrend years old or more. This is an A. E. Foote collection. Complete!
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