I have been collecting minerals since I was very little. I decided to turn my love of minerals and geology into a career so I attended college and recieved my B.S., M.S., and ABD in Geology with minors in Mining and History.

I worked at one time as an Independant Consultant for the mining and minerals industry, which had taken me across North America as well as other parts of the world. I also worked for a consulting company in Las Vegas, Nevada as a mining and (gasp) water consultant. Currently, I work for the State of Texas as a Geologist and Special Investigator in Environmental Quality. However, don't let the fact that I currently live in Texas fool you; I am of Scotch/Canadian decent and what some people might call a "Yooper" from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan!!

I am still an avid collector of minerals and ore deposit specimens from the Great Lakes Region of North America, specifically those of the Copper Country in Upper Michigan.