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VRigatti
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Location: Denver, CO
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 Posted: Feb 27, 2011 17:50 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2011 |
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| Jordi, thanks for the great photos and your thoughts. This was my first Tucson show and I was also very surprised by some of the high prices. I walked into a room at the City Center and they had a fine Jackson crossroads amethyst with no price. I asked, how much? the reply was $28,000 !!. He had a light blue tourmaline on matrix right next to this piece and he said it was $25,000!! They were nice pieces but maybe worth 20% of the asking price. I just laughed and walked out. There were a lot of good deals to be had, but it required a lot of walking. Cant wait to go back.......
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Matt_Zukowski
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| Posted: Feb 27, 2011 23:16 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2011 |
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A fine quartz display
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Matt_Zukowski
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| Posted: Feb 27, 2011 23:20 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2011 |
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| Interesting...Looking at the last two pictures (0427 and 0428), these were taken with the same camera, same settings, of the same case, one after the other. Look at the color temperature - 0427 is white as it should be but for some reason my camera went all warm on 0428. Has anyone else had this problem?
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Gail
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| Posted: Feb 27, 2011 23:33 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2011 |
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Yes, I did have that problem. I hate the yellow,and no matter what ISO I set it at, it might be white one time, yellow another. No idea why?
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Matt_Zukowski
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| Posted: Feb 27, 2011 23:37 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2011 |
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| Doesn't this cuprite remind you of the Rubtsovskoe cuprites? |
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GneissWare
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| Posted: Feb 27, 2011 23:44 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2011 |
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| Gail wrote: | | Yes, I did have that problem. I hate the yellow,and no matter what ISO I set it at, it might be white one time, yellow another. No idea why? |
You probably have the camera set for auto white balance, which doesn't always work properly. For the mineral displays, you can set it for tungsten to get rid of the yellow. Shift back to auto or daylight for people pictures.
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Matt_Zukowski
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| Posted: Feb 27, 2011 23:48 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2011 |
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I am partial to isometric minerals because it is easier for me to envision miller indicies for each face. Shown here is a pyrite display with a variety of habits. I also like this display because all the specimens are approximately the same size, and i find the regularity pleasing.
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Matt_Zukowski
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| Posted: Feb 28, 2011 00:07 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2011 |
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Lauren Megaw's award winning case.
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Matt_Zukowski
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| Posted: Feb 28, 2011 00:08 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2011 |
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| I did have it on auto white balance. Hope i remember this issue next year.
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Matt_Zukowski
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| Posted: Feb 28, 2011 00:16 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2011 |
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An educational display on qtz twin laws.
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Matt_Zukowski
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| Posted: Feb 28, 2011 00:38 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2011 |
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Calcite, calcite, calcite. There were a number of cabinets devoted to calcite including a couple highlighting various twinning laws seen in calcite.
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Matt_Zukowski
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| Posted: Feb 28, 2011 00:54 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2011 |
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Gail
Joined: 21 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Feb 28, 2011 01:01 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2011 |
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Matt, I spent much of this evening doing the same thing, uploading lots of photos on FMF. I realize how much effort you are putting forth and want to thank you very much!
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| Posted: Feb 28, 2011 01:02 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2011 |
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Matt_Zukowski
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| Posted: Feb 28, 2011 01:19 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2011 |
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The Proctor's case. I like it that they put chemical formulas on labels. I wish more people did.
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