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Gail
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| A lovely Amethyst Quartz in Jon V's booth. |
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Gail
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| Posted: May 30, 2011 10:20 Post subject: Re: Fort Worth, Texas, Gem and Mineral Show. Gail Spann |
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| I photographed these little enticement boxes after the woman said it was okay, but not to photo her jewelry. I respect that so did as she asked. |
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| Jim, Jon and another fellow talking rocks. |
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Gail
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| Posted: May 30, 2011 10:26 Post subject: Re: Fort Worth, Texas, Gem and Mineral Show. Gail Spann |
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| They put a few chairs, here and there, which are needed as you can see the usual hard floor and often need to just sit and recharge for a moment. |
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| This is early on, before the crowds got there, after Church. |
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Gail
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| Posted: May 30, 2011 10:31 Post subject: Re: Fort Worth, Texas, Gem and Mineral Show. Gail Spann |
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| Donald Slater, a local Dallas area dealer. |
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| This is the booth that donated a nice necklace to the door prize list, which Jim won and gave to me. Life is good..... |
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Gail
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| Posted: May 30, 2011 10:38 Post subject: Re: Fort Worth, Texas, Gem and Mineral Show. Gail Spann |
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| Jim takes a quick look. Lots of jewelry at the show. |
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Gail
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| Posted: May 30, 2011 10:43 Post subject: Re: Fort Worth, Texas, Gem and Mineral Show. Gail Spann |
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| Don Slater is selling minerals. |
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| Don had some flats of agates for sale, pretty inexpensive. |
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Gail
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| Posted: May 30, 2011 10:54 Post subject: Re: Fort Worth, Texas, Gem and Mineral Show. Gail Spann |
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| A thumbnail we picked up, a sand selenite. Jet, Oklahoma. $5.00....we treasure minerals of all kinds. |
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| Blake Barnet, a young dealer and rockhound from Austin who is a friend of mine. We invited him, and Shawn Maddox, to come to dinner the night before. They arrived to see what was going on at the show. |
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| Shawn Maddox, a Texas rockhound also. He and Blake are good friends. We met Shawn when we guest spoke at the Austin gem and mineral club meeting this past week. He came to dinner at our home also. |
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| Both Blake and Shawn are Celestine collectors, we bought some pretty nice material from their Texas stash. Super nice young fellows. |
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Gail
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| Posted: May 30, 2011 11:03 Post subject: Re: Fort Worth, Texas, Gem and Mineral Show. Gail Spann |
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Shawn's Dad's name is Phil Maddox, he was a well known gem cutter. Shawn has also learned the trade. We picked up some demantoid cats eye gem stones from him, out of California.
Both he and Blake live in Austin and dig all around the area.
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Gail
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| Posted: May 30, 2011 11:10 Post subject: Re: Fort Worth, Texas, Gem and Mineral Show. Gail Spann |
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Gail
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| Posted: May 30, 2011 11:21 Post subject: Re: Fort Worth, Texas, Gem and Mineral Show. Gail Spann |
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Gail
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| Posted: May 30, 2011 11:23 Post subject: Re: Fort Worth, Texas, Gem and Mineral Show. Gail Spann |
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| Not my thing.....but hey, others seem to enjoy collecting butterflies. |
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| This answered a question I had... |
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Gail
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| Posted: May 30, 2011 11:26 Post subject: Re: Fort Worth, Texas, Gem and Mineral Show. Gail Spann |
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| I love my husband, he finds joy in all minerals. |
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Gail
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| Posted: May 30, 2011 11:35 Post subject: Re: Fort Worth, Texas, Gem and Mineral Show. Gail Spann |
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Gail
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| Posted: May 30, 2011 11:37 Post subject: Re: Fort Worth, Texas, Gem and Mineral Show. Gail Spann |
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That's it for my show report. It was a small show, very nicely put together and "clean" with nice displays, lights, etc. The admission price was $5.00 unless you are a senior or you bring in the show poster, downloaded from the internet, to get a dollar off. I wasn't too thrilled when they asked if I was a senior, so I asked what age that meant, they said 60. She was lucky I was in a good mood......
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| Posted: May 31, 2011 03:33 Post subject: Re: Fort Worth, Texas, Gem and Mineral Show. Gail Spann |
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| Gail wrote: | | That's it for my show report. It was a small show, very nicely put together and "clean" with nice displays, lights, etc. |
Hi Gail !
Many thanks once again for your effort and time spent putting together so many photos along with the interesting comments.
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