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'''Rock collecting''' ('''rockhounding''') is an eclectic activity that includes studying, searching, finding, identifying, and [[collecting]] [[rocks]], [[minerals]], [[lapidary]] material, and/or [[fossils]] (almost anything geological)--mostly for recreation or a hobby but also for profit or scientific study. Recreational [[rock]] [[collecting]] generally equates with [[amateur geology]], rockhounding,<ref name="rockhound">{{cite web |title=How do you define the term "rock hound"? |url=https://www.mindat.org/mesg-422395.html |website=Mindat.org |accessdate=22 August 2019}}</ref> rock hunting, or [[fossicking]]. Commercial or professional collecting may be referred to as rockhounding or [[prospecting]]. [[Rock (geology)|Rock]] [[collecting]] can be quite informal or much more rigorous and detailed when pursuing scientific or commercial [[mineral collecting|mineral]] or [[fossil collecting]]. |
'''Rock collecting''' ('''rockhounding''') is an eclectic activity that includes studying, searching, finding, identifying, and [[collecting]] [[rocks]], [[minerals]], [[lapidary]] material, and/or [[fossils]] (almost anything geological)--mostly for recreation or a hobby but also for profit or scientific study. Recreational [[rock]] [[collecting]] generally equates with [[amateur geology]], rockhounding,<ref name="rockhound">{{cite web |title=How do you define the term "rock hound"? |url=https://www.mindat.org/mesg-422395.html |website=Mindat.org |accessdate=22 August 2019}}</ref> rock hunting, or [[fossicking]]. Commercial or professional collecting may be referred to as rockhounding or [[prospecting]]. [[Rock (geology)|Rock]] [[collecting]] can be quite informal or much more rigorous and detailed when pursuing scientific or commercial [[mineral collecting|mineral]] or [[fossil collecting]]. |
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Rock collecting (rockhounding) is an eclectic activity that includes studying, searching, finding, identifying, and collecting rocks, minerals, lapidary material, and/or fossils (almost anything geological)--mostly for recreation or a hobby but also for profit or scientific study. Recreational rock collecting generally equates with amateur geology, rockhounding,[1] rock hunting, or fossicking. Commercial or professional collecting may be referred to as rockhounding or prospecting. Rock collecting can be quite informal or much more rigorous and detailed when pursuing scientific or commercial mineral or fossil collecting.
References
- ^ "How do you define the term "rock hound"?". Mindat.org. Retrieved 22 August 2019.