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[Gail]

What an amazing time Jim and I are having!!!! We had dinner with Jordi tonight, it was great fun. So, where are the rest of you, come on! Come join us!

[Jordi Fabre]

Tucson 2014/02/12

In Tucson the time is a treasure deeply requested, so in order to:

A) Survive
B) Inform the FMFers

please allows me publish today a high number of photos of the set up in the Main Show but with almost no comments. Thank you. ;-)

2014 European correspondent of the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show™

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Gail Copus Spann in action

[Jordi Fabre]

Jim Spann (and Elaine Bartlett) in action

[Jordi Fabre]

Two more shots of the set up and one more image in some way historic because of two of the persons present on it.

2014 European correspondent of the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show™

[Woody Thompson]

Gail,

That's a brilliant exhibit that you put together!! I was starting to think this is a slow year at Tucson - not many reports - so thankfully you are back to give us the scoop (as we sit buried in snow here in the Northeast tonight).

Cheers,
Woody

[crocoite]

Too cute! Kangaroos carved out of azurite. At the TGMS.

[Martin Rich]

Jordi, I think there is some different in Tucson. I saw in your photographs a lot of umbrellas on the ceiling of the hall. Is it raining from the bottom to the sky? ;)

Martin

[Jordi Fabre]

Tucson 2014702/13

A quick note telling you that as usual, I have some favorites from the Main Show Display Cases, but due the circumstances (I fly back soon) and considering that many photos of them were already posted in the Gail's thread as well as in this thread, I will publish my thoughts and photos later, from Barcelona. but let me tell you that this time I will be unfair because two Showcases touched my soul more than others, and not by its quality, "Ikonism" or hiper-beauty, but for something different, by the pure mineralogy in one case and by the "mineralogy + the concept" in the other one.

As the people attending Tucson can easily guess them are the two Showcases from Gail & Jim Spann, and later, from Barcelona, I will try to explain why with the help of the photos and some other considerations.

For now, lets go to the nex post to the PARTY!!!!


2014 European correspondent of the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show™

[Jordi Fabre]

The Party!

FMFers, go ahead and publish all photos you have, this is just a easy view of what it was. Please more photos, comments, the photo I forgot to take of Wendell & Carolyn Wilson chating in the same table with Marie & Terry Huizing, better photos of the toast for Gail... please more! ;-)

All photos from Jordi Deusedes

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