Jeff Starr I am a native New Yorker with degrees from MIT and Northwestern. I currently teach sixth-grade science. I’ve been collecting minerals seriously for about 20 years, though most would agree I’ve had rocks in my head for much longer. I love fluorite and find myself forever gravitating toward seductive specimens, but I have made a conscious effort in recent years to expand and refine my collection with an eye toward aesthetics. Size is not a consideration for me, but beauty and significance are. I’m thankful for the many valued friends I’ve made in the mineral community around the globe, especially here in Dallas. All have given me wonderful guidance and too much encouragement. The MAD group is terrific—they are my comrades in rocks.
Calcite on fluorite, 6.9 cm, Elmwood mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee. Ex Steve Sinotte collection. Jeff Scovil photo.
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Supplement to The Mineralogical Record, January–February, 2009