Bob's Rock Shop: The First 'Zine for Mineral Collectors and Rockhounds

Time 2020-12-07 10:04:22

Web Name: Bob's Rock Shop: The First 'Zine for Mineral Collectors and Rockhounds

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This Server: www.rockhounds.com - Protocol: HTTP/1.1 - Software: Apache Bob's Rock Shop uses Microsoft Explorer HTML extensions and bugs. SVGA 800x600 Graphics with 256 or more colors recommended. Some features require Java Runtime Software to view. Serving rockhounds since 03-05-95 19:47:25 GMT.Hello, I'm pleased to meet you. My name is Bob and I am the editor and webmaster of this online publication for rock collectors and lapidary hobbyists. Basically, I'm just your ordinary, common as quartz rockhound who enjoys showing off minerals in my collection, lapidary projects, and sharing with fellow collectors and rock nuts. As a longstanding computer hobbyist and Internet enthusiast I saw an opportunity at the dawn of the World Wide Web to indulge several interests and open up "shop" here. The result of merging these interests and hobbies is Bob's Rock Shop.The Shop is a non-commercial site in that the rocks and mineral specimens displayed here are Not for Sale (at least, not through me), but you are welcome to browse all you like. Thanks to its generous content contributors and advertising sponsors, the Shop has grown considerably since it was first brought on-line in March 1995 as a homepage with eight or so images of rocks from my own collection. To give you a graphic example of what's in store here, I've brought out one of my own heavy lead specimens as an example some of the Shop's current "stock and trade".Features to browse here include downloadable freeware and shareware software for rockhounds, the Rock Net bulletin board, several collections of entertaining and informative mineralogical articles and essays, contests for rockhounds, the free use, form-accessible Rock Trader classified ads, an extensive US Club list, and rockhound tailored visitor information for Tucson, Arizona, including the annual Tucson Gem and Mineral Show. The Shop's extensive link list is being continuously updated and expanded and provides links to many categories of kindred rocky sites.I hope you enjoy your visit and you're invited back any time! Your suggestions and ideas for content you'd like to see at the Shop are welcome. Bob's Rock Shop owes its origin to an experiment with a video frame grabber. The experiment continues and the feedback and encouragement provided by fellow hobbyists has been much appreciated. I'm grateful for the opportunity to share some of the fun.Are you interested in contributing some content to the WWW? Manuscripts about and images of mineral specimens and related mineral and rockhounding subjects are invited.Proudly Serving 75,000 Rockhounds per MonthYour IP: 42.51.1.91 - Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/7.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; Media Center PC 6.0; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E) - Logon: 12/07/20 02:00:19 GMT

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Bob's Rock Shop is the net's first 'zine for mineral collectors, rockhounds and lapidary hobbyists. Features to browse here include the free use, form-accessible 'Rock Trader' classified ads; downloadable freeware and shareware software for rockhounds; the 'Rock Net' online bulletin board; several collections of entertaining and informative mineralogical articles and essays; extensive lists of upcoming shows, US clubs, and links to kindred sites; rockhound tailored visitor information for Tucson, Arizona, including the annual Tucson Gem and Mineral Show; and much more.

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