my hobbies include rock collecting and making macaroni art.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Amateur geology (known as rockhounding in the United States and Canada.) is the recreational study and hobby of collecting rocks and mineral specimens from their natural environment. The first amateur geologists were prospectors looking for valuable minerals and gemstones for commercial purposes. Eventually, however, more and more people have been drawn to amateur geology for recreational purposes, mainly for the beauty that rocks and minerals provide. One reason for the rise in popularity of amateur geology is that a collection can begin by simply picking up a rock. There are also many clubs and groups that search for specimens and compare them in groups as a hobby. Information on where to find such groups can be found at libraries, bookstores, and \"gem and mineral shows\". Tourist information centers and small-town chambers of commerce can also supply valuable local information. The Internet can also be a useful search tool as it can help find other amateur geologists. The amateur geologist's principal piece of equipment is the geologist's hammer. This is a small tool with a pick-like point on one end, and a flat hammer on the other. The hammer end is for breaking rocks, and the pick end is mainly used for prying and digging into crevices.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I'm so into rockhounding, also known as Amateur Geology!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I do not know a lot about that subject, can you tell me about it"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Sure! It's a hobby of collecting rocks and mineral specimens. I really love collecting unique looking rocks"}, {"role": "user", "content": "my youngest used to collect different kinds of rocks, he especially liked geodes, we used to order them"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "That's really cool! There are actually so many groups that search for special rocks"}, {"role": "user", "content": "that would be fun to do with a group, I actually have some of the geodes he broke open on tables around the house"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I love Geodes! They are of sedimentary origin and are formed by chemical precipitation"}, {"role": "user", "content": "some actually look like crystals inside, they are very unique"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "The word Geode actually came from greek and it means \"earlike\""}, {"role": "user", "content": "Oh thats kind of creepy, I wonder why?"}]