Avocational micropaleontologists

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In the late nineteenth century, natural history was a big fad, and people
pressed leaves, caught beetles, and peered into microscopes. They obviously
didn't have television, radio, cinema, or recorded music to distract them,
and a fair amount of this work was published.

Some of these amateur natural historians specialized in studying diatoms,
forams, and other beautiful microscopic organisms. My question for the
PaleoNet is, How many people pursue micropaleontology as a hobby these
days? I've never met even one such person.

Andrew K. Rindsberg                     Telephone (205) 349-2852
Curator, Paleontological Collection     Telefax (205) 349-2861
Geological Survey of Alabama            <arindsberg@ogb.gsa.tuscaloosa.al.us>
P.O. Box O
Tuscaloosa, AL 35486-9780, USA