Rock & Mineral Collection In The Home Of A Geologist 

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thankss for watching :)

amazinggg. I still have a piece of quartz that I found in Glacier National Park when I was 17 years old; I remember when I first picked it up I made a promise to myself that I would become a geologist. Hold onto those specimens as long as you can

Over many years have been a mem er of various gem & mineral clubs in New England, and have in the past, gone on field trips to various quarries to collect minerals. Your stromatolite was very interesting to see. I'm aware that there are living stromatolites in ocean areas in the Pacific. Years ago when collecting Herkimer "Diamonds" quartz crystals in New York state sometimes in the sandy subsoil one can find small pieces of petrified black shiny stromatolites. If one sifts the subsoil thru a very fine screen, like a tea-strainer or 80-mesh or 100-mesh screen, looking for micros, sometimes I've found tiny 1mm-10mm pieces.

yoo hoomie! thanks for taking the time to leave a comment and for watching the vids. I'm glad you enjoy - and I'm especially glad that you are studying geoscience! Stick with it and find what you're curious about and you will have a life full of exploration. :)

thanks so much for sharing your enthusiasm! stay curious :)

Hey Jamie, thanks so much for the nice comment. You are the last person I am interacting with online before I take a month break from all the platforms. Glad I caught you :) Tossing and turning over such a decision is totally normal and it's good that you're thinking about it. I'm assuming you want to do a Master's degree (or a PhD) - I personally think that doing a MS before a PhD is a great way to get a feel for if the academic and research route is right for you. During a MS and PhD you will almost always be doing some kind of original research and generating some kind of new data or ideas. There are tons of subdisciplines worth looking into to see if a certain research area resonates with you (e.g., structural geology, geophysics, paleoclimate, etc). If you get a Master's focusing on any area in geosciences, you are set up really nicely for jobs in geologic mapping, mineral and rare earth element exploration, oil and gas exploration, science communication (perhaps), or consulting/environmental work external to a university. You're probably familiar with such jobs since you've already done your BS. If you do a PhD you are more on a trajectory to do research and work in academia as a researcher or professor. Getting work prior to grad school that involves field work would be helpful if you kind of want to "transition" into geology. I hope that all my other videos give a bit more info into what the lifestyle is like as a grad student (at least at a big R1 school like UA). There are jobs in geology and adjacent fields. It takes patience and hard work to find the niche where you belong. tbh I am 28 years old, in my 10th year of college, and I'm still trying to figure it out. Smile, breathe a lot, be patient, work hard, explore, and stay curious.

Hey Julie, thanks for stopping by and for the nice comment. And yesss - UA fam!

haha YO that is awesome. It is truly one of the most interesting rocks (in term of tectonic history) that I have ever had the privilege to see in the field. Hoping that you learn something interesting :)

definitely depends on where you are! All of the specimens in this video were collected in National forest/BLM land or in extremely remote regions with no restrictions because noone ever goes there haha. If you are collecting rocks (or even conducting field work) in national parks or other protected areas it is necessary to get research/sample collection permits.

@@cadenhowlett Thank you for your answer! As a non-geologist, I was thinking there might be a chance you unintentionally affect an area of interest for study.

sorry to hear that story but I hope you start a collection again! ~~

you lick them? Did I miss something?

sweet that's what I like to hear amigo!

I don't have any granite from Yosemite - I haven't been there in years. The Sierra Nevada batholith!

what kind of rocks are they? what was the location?