I'm a geologist, so collecting rocks, minerals, and fossils is a sort of occupational hazard/benefit.
Rock collecting is enjoyed by a lot of people as a hobby. Some collect minerals or fossils to display indoors, others to display outdoors in the garden. I do some of both!
In a minute, I'll update this post with a photo of one of my outdoor (garden) rocks.Updated: the attached photo shows a small boulder (weighs about 50 pounds) covered with quartz crystals. I collected (dug) it in Abbeville, South Carolina. I have many garden rocks from the same place, a neighbor has boulders from the same place that are probably a few hundred pounds. The same place sometimes has amethyst.What rocks do you collect? Or if not rocks, do you collect something else?