 When I was younger when I was first collecting minerals my interest was how different they were the colors the shapes habits really minerals are just nature's art Most exciting part of my job has to be finding new mineral species you get to describe it You get to actually give it a name and you actually get to bring it out into the world of science The study of geology is really far-reaching everything from what I do looking at atoms in a mineral to understanding earthquakes and volcanoes Sometimes my job does feel like the movie Indiana Jones because being in the field in foreign countries and dealing with anything that comes up It can be pretty wild Personally when I'm not working. I'm either doing Muay Thai riding my motorcycle or feeding my 15 gear My name is Paula Peel and I'm a mineral artist in Gatineau, Quebec