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EBay, Collectors, Flea Market & Antiques

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2. My family has been rock collectors for generations

Reply to pansypoo53219 (Original post)

Tue Feb 13, 2024, 10:54 AM

Feb 2024

Great granddad AL Roberson was a Stampeder in the Yukon Gold Rush.

Grandpa Jim collected dinosaur eggs from the Dakotas to set in the mantle of his fireplace.

My father collected mastodon ivory from the dredge tailings in Fox, Alaska to pay for college.

As a Geotechnical engineer I have collected many samples of rocks from my many projects throughout Alaska.

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if you want a meterorite, collect fossils, or crystals, poke me. ooh, an egg, a cube in a cube. [View all] pansypoo53219 Feb 2024 OP

I am a novice but have picked up and kept a few fossils in my day. flying_wahini Feb 2024 #1

My family has been rock collectors for generations coprolite Feb 2024 #2

I just like rocks CANADIANBEAVER69 Feb 2024 #3