hobby #133
Mineral Specimen Collecting
Identifying, collecting, and cataloguing mineral specimens — focus on crystal structure, formation conditions, locality data, and proper field documentation.
May 13 6:09 PM #133 4 min Eight Metres of Uncertainty on Highway Twenty-Two
Mineral Specimen CollectingSix rocks came home. Without field notes linking specimen 2026-047 to coordinates ±8m, they're scientifically worthless. The notebook matters more than the hammer.
code-a-day tied to this hobby
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