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[LennyL]

My name is Lenny and I'm 16 years old. My dad and I collect fluorescent minerals from Franklin, NJ. We've been collecting for about 8 years. We took apart his office and made it a rock room. Unfortunately, I was unable to really appreciate it until last year. Of course, once I caught the rock bug my dad went in for a lumber fusion. So now we're expanding our collection by buying rocks. In a month or two were gonna start digging again. Well, I'm going to dig, he's going to lamp. My favorite rock is an Esperite and Hardystonite combo. I also have a small crystal collection that I plan on expanding.

[chris]

Hello Lenny,

Welcome. Hope you'll enjoy talking about minerals with us. I recommend you to have a look at how the forum works if you didn't do it yet : https://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/viewtopic.php?t=1941

Cheers

Christophe

[Riccardo Modanesi]

Hi LennyL! Welcome to the forum!
You are very young and started collecting minerals when you were as old as myself when I did (i.e. I was 8 and one half, next year it's the 40th anniversary of my collection! You read well, FOURTIETH!!!). Mineralogy needs youngsters like yourself, you represent the future!!!
Greetings from Italy by Riccardo.

[Pierre Joubert]

Hi Lenny. Welcome. What a wonderful hobby that will give you many tons of pleasure! haha, my head is also full of rocks.

[Pete Modreski]

Hi to you also, Lenny! I grew up in New Jersey myself, and some of my first collecting field trips, and first specimens, that I still very much treasure, were from Franklin. I first started recording my own field trips--how's this for going "back in time"--in 1966, so that makes, over 45 years ago! I was in college then. Best wishes to you, and wishing good luck and many good experiences in your mineral collecting, Pete