Collect Rocks Day (Contest)

I’ve collected rocks all my life. I have a shoebox filled with my favorites, including Apache tears, round river stones, tiger’s eye, fossil stones, chunks of pyrite, slabs of obsidian, and more. The picture is of a couple of bowls I have in my office with interesting bits. Some are polished, some are rough-hewn. Some are semi-precious, most are just…interesting…to me. When I was a child, I loved reading books on geology, and I have several books on my shelves dedicated to identifying the rocks I find.

Well, apparently, I’m not the only rock enthusiast. Today is Collect Rocks Day. Another strange holiday on the calendar, but one I think is lovely. None of my kids caught the “bug.” My daughter does have large lovely, polished stones like labradorite, but she’s only rarely combed a riverbank or a country road to find “treasures” in the dirt. She’ll inherit my little displays of stone and my shoebox of gathered treasures. Maybe then, she’ll develop an interest, but probably not.

For a chance to win a $5 Amazon gift card, tell me whether you’ve ever had an interest in collecting rocks. And if you have, do you display them or take time identifying them? Comment below!

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