Wears the Classic spell Mining. The trades: the skills that feed, clothe, fix, and furnish a life.

Learning the ranks

Rank 1

Ten common minerals

Learn ten common minerals by the field tests: streak, hardness (the scratch kit is quartz, steel, fingernail), and heft. Label everything on day one.

Rank 2

Learn the local geology

Learn what your area's rocks actually are and where public collecting is allowed. Etiquette: fill your holes, take a few, leave the site for the next prospector.

Rank 3

Specialize

Specialize (fossils, fluorescence, crystals), build a labeled collection with localities, and join a club show. A documented collection is science; a bucket of rocks is a bucket.