You Might be a Rock Hound If....
Your chisel hand is covered with scar tissue and your hammer hand has blisters.
One eye is constantly squinting as if looking thru a magnifier.
Your face is scarred from walking into things while searching the ground looking for rocks.
The sign on the side of the highway says "Falling Rock" and you pull over to look.
You can pronounce the word "molybdenite" correctly on the first try.
You think the primary function of road cuts is for easy mineral collecting.
Rockpile in your garage is taller than you are.
The local university’s geology department requests permission to hold field trips in your back yard.
Your spouse has ever had to ask you to move flats of rocks out of the tub so she could take a bath.
Your children are named Rocky, Jewel, and Beryl.
You were the only member of the group who spent their time looking at cathedral walls through a pocket magnifier during your trip to Europe.
The polished slab on your bola tie is six inches in diameter.
Your employer has asked you not to bring any more rocks to the office until they have time to reinforce the floor.
You care more about what happened to the diamond in the movie "Titanic" than the people.
First on your Christmas List is to attend the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show.
You’ve spent more than $20 for a book about rocks.
Do you have your own “You might be a rockhound if”? E-mail them to agmcnews@aol.com, or give them to Darlene Nelson at the next meeting.