Twenty-five years ago, for the January-February issue of the Mineralogical Record, Wendell Wilson composed a genial editorial which he entitled "Mineralogie sans Argent"-mineralogy without money-in which he addressed much good general advice to serious mineral collectors working with limited funds. Today when we think of mineralogie and of argent together, we're likely to be despairing over the steeply climbing prices for many top-level specimens. But the outlook isn't nearly as gloomy for sophisticated but money-challenged collectors as many people think. There are actually a great many very fine, modestly priced specimens available on today's market-and they are not hard to find if you know where and how to look.
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