纯粹意义上的矿物收藏者或矿物经销商也许并不存在。二者的区别常常是模糊的,有时甚至很难分出谁是谁。如果你是野外收藏者,应该很少会把自己所找到的全部标本保存下来。通常,你都会愿意甚至是迫切希望去交换或出售你所拥有的重复的标本。如果这样,那么你也是一位经销商;如果你是一位矿物标本收藏者,你可能得不时地出售一些矿物,以支付意外账单,如果这样,那么你也是一名经销商。 Purely mineral collectors or mineral distributors may not exist. The difference between the two is often vague, sometimes it is difficult to distinguish who is who. If you are a wild collector, you should rarely save all the specimens you have found. Often, you will be willing or even eager to exchange or sell duplicate specimens that you own. If so, then you are also a distributor; if you are a mineral specimen collector, you may from time to time sell some minerals to pay for unexpected bills, and if so you are also a dealer.