Thank you Not A Number.
Nepenthes....I collect minerals mostly...I like some fossils. I have an addiction/weakness for fluorite. It has so many forms, colors and locations the variety is amazing and never ending. And of course some fluoresces. This past weekend I scored a superb (and expensive
) Portugese fluorite, a Washington state fluorite (ugly but cheap) and an well-priced Argentinian fluorite. I am out to get flourite from all the states (where its found). And I'm working on my English fluorite collection and other countries. I even have a small piece from Scotland. My rarest...Zarembo Island Alaska!
I also like native (wire, nugget) silver, quartz (red, yellow, green, purple, etc.), mexican opal, fire opal, Sweet Home rhodochrosite....I could go on! I DO need to start thinning out my collection and just keep my favorite stuff. I have a TON of minerals. Some real beauties too! But I need to sell off some of it. But they are just so darn beautiful!!! I even have some radioactives.
I buy rocks on eBay. I am a member (and newsletter co-editor) of the Richmond Gem & Mineral Society so I win club raffles, buy from club members who sell, rock shows and swaps, and rock shops. I go anywhere there are rocks! You can get good deals on eBay if you know what you're looking at. I've done some field collecting but not "big league" stuff...yet.