Rockhounds and Legends: A Youthful Encounter with Richard M. Pearl
Steven Veatch (noreply@blogger.com)
By Steven Wade
Veatch The year was 1966,
and I was 12 years old. I was a relatively new member of the Colorado Springs
Mineralogical Society (CSMS) and learned that Richard M. Pearl (1913-1980), a
respected member of the society, would present a program at one of its monthly
meetings. This was an opportunity I did not want to forgo. I had been reading
several books written by Pearl, a professor of geology at Colorado College. The
first Pearl book I owned was a gift from a family friend, Hermine