View previous topic :: View next topic |
Author |
Message |
Jordi Fabre
Overall coordinator of the Forum
Joined: 07 Aug 2006
Posts: 4905
Location: Barcelona
|
Posted: Jan 18, 2015 12:00 Post subject: Tucson Show 2015 |
|
|
January 2015, so Tucson Show is arriving with its cohort of friends, social life, wonderful colors and forms, rarities, business, suppers, parties, articles, columns and even Science! ;-)
Madames et Messieurs, the real madness is arriving!
Starting the series of wonders that Tucson carries every year, let me share with all FMFers one really exciting. Our mastermind Elise Skalwold won together with John Koivula (lead author) the award "2014 Best Article of the Year" for the article in Rocks & Minerals: "The Microworld of Diamonds: Images from Earth's Mantle" published in the January/February issue of this fine magazine. It's a longstanding annual award administered by Friends of Mineralogy (FM). The judges also selected the "Best of" for other publications in this field, including Mineralogical Record and Mineral News.
Congratulations John & Elise, this wonderful news enlightens my upcoming Tucson Show and dulcify the over-stress task of prepare so many rocks for the Show! ;-)
Jordi
PS: to know better the quality of the work of Elise you can read any of her multiple posts published here writing the word "Elise" in the box "Search for Author" of the Forum search page.
Anyway one of the best pieces is: Inclusions of spiral or helical growth and screw dislocations - (0))
And this thread will tell you more about John I. Koivula
Description: |
Tucson Show is arriving... |
|
Viewed: |
73050 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
...and there you will find our mastermind Elise Skalwold as well as John I. Koivula... |
|
Viewed: |
73098 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
...but before is necessary make ready the shipping! |
|
Viewed: |
72964 Time(s) |
|
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
ian jones
Joined: 29 Jul 2009
Posts: 112
Location: london
|
Posted: Jan 18, 2015 12:23 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2015 |
|
|
Tucson - so soon.
Start my trip on Friday - see you all over there
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
Jesse Fisher
Joined: 18 Mar 2009
Posts: 629
Location: San Francisco
|
Posted: Jan 18, 2015 12:56 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2015 |
|
|
Displays are packed, minerals priced and labeled (well, mostly), beer is made for the Old Farts meeting. Guess it will be time to hit the road soon. For a change the displays will even be in keeping with the TGMS theme this year.
Mineral: | Fluorite |
Description: |
Rogerley Mine display for the TGMS show. |
|
Viewed: |
73156 Time(s) |
|
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
Jordi Fabre
Overall coordinator of the Forum
Joined: 07 Aug 2006
Posts: 4905
Location: Barcelona
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
Jordi Fabre
Overall coordinator of the Forum
Joined: 07 Aug 2006
Posts: 4905
Location: Barcelona
|
Posted: Jan 28, 2015 00:00 Post subject: Tucson Show 2015 - Already in Tucson |
|
|
Tucson 01/28/2015
Already in Tucson, the day today started out raining but, as usual, the weather becomes wonderful later.
Although many, many people are already here, not many rooms are open. Hopefully it means that the Show becomes a little bit more rational and the dealers don't continue doing races to open before the neighbor.
More to come...
European correspondent of the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show™
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
72152 Time(s) |
|
Mineral: | ...and rainy... |
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
72070 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
...but in Tucson the King Sun is powerful... |
|
Viewed: |
72099 Time(s) |
|
Mineral: | ... so, he imposes his law and the day moves to a wonderful weather |
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
72135 Time(s) |
|
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
Matt_Zukowski
Site Admin
Joined: 10 Apr 2009
Posts: 709
Location: Alaska
|
Posted: Jan 28, 2015 00:27 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2015 |
|
|
I had such a great time last year getting out of the Anchorage cold and gloom and into the AZ heat and sun that I decided to come even earlier this year. I think maybe I came too early this year, but at least it provided me with a vantage of Tucson waking up to the show. Follows is a log of the last five days.
On Friday the 23rd, there were no dealers open anywhere that I could see, but there were lots of display cases and other signs of preparations at the Inn Suites and the hotels along I10.
On Saturday the 24th, there was one dealer open at Inn Suites, a Chinese dealer with a lot of the new blue Chinese fluorites.
On Sunday, maybe 6 dealers were open at the Inn Suites, no dealers were open at the Riverpark Inn. Went to Flandrau Science Center on UA campus. There were no mineral exhibits upstairs, all to see was downstairs in the permanent exhibit space. Although I have been through this exhibit several times in the past, I did find some specimens that jumped out at me. There is a piece with the largest franklinite xtals I have ever seen. Also, a display case filled with AFG and PAK pieces donated by Gene Meieran had some spectacular specimens including a small aqua that looked like cut glass, a nice scapolite, and a saturated spodumene. A Piedras Verdes chalcopyrite donated by Marty Zinn also caught my eye.
Monday – Maybe 5-10% of the Inn Suites had open dealers. Charlie Zp was open, with a nice selection of Chinese material and always a good word. The Heckschers (Crystal Circle) were also open – what I remember is some top quality Gobobos, Namibia amethyst points and some AR quartz (not McEarl) of top luster and clarity.
Tuesday – Inn Suites was starting to hop, with maybe 10-15% of dealers open and a lot more people. Saw several collector and dealer friends. I happened to be there when Luis Burillo opened his doors (actually I saw a set up room with one person browsing, knocked on the locked door, was let in, soon there were several knocks, and then they unlocked the door and let the hoard in). It was soon very crowded with people lifting specimens off the shelves and putting them in their “piles” for eventual purchase. Luis, as always, has a large amount of great material. This year, the stuff that caught my eye includes Viloco cassiterites; La Viesca, Asturias fluorites; and Lily Mine, Peru clinoatacamites. Two Chinese dealers, in rooms 281 and 283 of the Inn Suites were open and had some interesting material with little damage and no oil. There was only one dealer open at the fine mineral building of the Riverpark Inn, Pu Tzu.
Mineral: | Franklinite |
Locality: | Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA | |
|
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
72124 Time(s) |
|
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
Matt_Zukowski
Site Admin
Joined: 10 Apr 2009
Posts: 709
Location: Alaska
|
Posted: Jan 28, 2015 00:38 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2015 |
|
|
Flandrau Science Center on UA campus
Mineral: | Franklinite |
Locality: | Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA | |
|
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
72115 Time(s) |
|
Mineral: | Franklinite |
Locality: | Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA | |
|
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
72087 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
72043 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
72037 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
72021 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
72159 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
72062 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
72069 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
72069 Time(s) |
|
Locality: | Alabama, USA | |
|
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
72071 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
72019 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
71985 Time(s) |
|
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
Matt_Zukowski
Site Admin
Joined: 10 Apr 2009
Posts: 709
Location: Alaska
|
Posted: Jan 28, 2015 00:59 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2015 |
|
|
Just a little of what is available in Luis Burillo's room
Mineral: | Galena |
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
71942 Time(s) |
|
Mineral: | Pyrite |
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
71988 Time(s) |
|
Mineral: | Pyrite |
Locality: | Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huánuco Department, Peru | |
|
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
72037 Time(s) |
|
Mineral: | Cassiterite |
Locality: | Viloco Mine, Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia | |
|
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
72060 Time(s) |
|
Mineral: | Fluorite |
Locality: | La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias), Spain | |
|
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
72113 Time(s) |
|
Mineral: | Clinoatacamite |
Locality: | Lily Mine, Umay District, Pisco Province, Ica Department, Peru | |
|
Description: |
This specimen has a cute pristine gypsum in association with the clinoatacamite |
|
Viewed: |
72256 Time(s) |
|
Mineral: | Clinoatacamite |
Locality: | Lily Mine, Umay District, Pisco Province, Ica Department, Peru | |
|
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
72009 Time(s) |
|
Mineral: | Clinoatacamite |
Locality: | Lily Mine, Umay District, Pisco Province, Ica Department, Peru | |
|
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
72041 Time(s) |
|
Mineral: | Clinoatacamite |
Locality: | Lily Mine, Umay District, Pisco Province, Ica Department, Peru | |
|
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
72003 Time(s) |
|
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
Matt_Zukowski
Site Admin
Joined: 10 Apr 2009
Posts: 709
Location: Alaska
|
Posted: Jan 28, 2015 01:23 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2015 |
|
|
Rooms 281 and 283 at the Inn Suites.
Mineral: | Fluorite |
Description: |
Sorry I don't have locality. If memory serves, this is new material this year. |
|
Viewed: |
72007 Time(s) |
|
Mineral: | Fluorite |
Description: |
The new green fluorite, this time with yellowish prismatic calcite. |
|
Viewed: |
71937 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
Showing the whole case so you can get a sense of the size of these specimens. |
|
Viewed: |
71890 Time(s) |
|
Mineral: | Azurite |
Description: |
Again, sorry i don't have the locality. I put these pictures up because the azurite xtals appeared to me to be larger than what I am used to seeing from here. |
|
Viewed: |
71937 Time(s) |
|
Mineral: | Azurite |
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
71931 Time(s) |
|
Mineral: | Azurite |
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
71936 Time(s) |
|
Mineral: | Azurite |
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
71904 Time(s) |
|
Mineral: | Azurite |
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
71931 Time(s) |
|
Mineral: | Fluorite |
Description: |
These are more pictures of the blue-green fluorite, this time with white, more conspicuous calcite. |
|
Viewed: |
71912 Time(s) |
|
Mineral: | Fluorite |
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
71943 Time(s) |
|
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
Matt_Zukowski
Site Admin
Joined: 10 Apr 2009
Posts: 709
Location: Alaska
|
Posted: Jan 28, 2015 01:36 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2015 |
|
|
Riverpark Inn
Mineral: | Quartz |
Description: |
Huge beautiful quartz, with Dave Wilber for scale. |
|
Viewed: |
71972 Time(s) |
|
Mineral: | Quartz |
Description: |
Another large piece, with backpack for scale. |
|
Viewed: |
71894 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
71926 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
71875 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
71949 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
If you are like me, you love books, especially mineral books. There were posters all over Riverpark Inn advertising a book source that I know all FMF'ers will want to visit. |
|
Viewed: |
71552 Time(s) |
|
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
crocoite
Joined: 06 Feb 2009
Posts: 489
Location: Ballarat, Victoria
|
Posted: Jan 28, 2015 02:34 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2015 |
|
|
I read this too quickly...
I read "Huge beautiful quartz, with Dave Wilber for scale." as "Dave Wilber for sale"!
_________________ Regards
Steve
Mineral Collector and Artist |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Mike Wood
Joined: 16 Dec 2010
Posts: 456
Location: Northern England
|
Posted: Jan 28, 2015 03:35 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2015 |
|
|
Nice reporting and great information Matt. Thanks for taking the time to do this. Enjoy the sunshine!
Cheers, Mike
_________________ Rock basher |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Volkmar Stingl
Joined: 23 Sep 2012
Posts: 865
Location: Innsbruck
|
Posted: Jan 28, 2015 07:18 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2015 |
|
|
Matt, the fluorite with calcite, as well as the azurites seem to be from China (because of the white plastic pans, which seem to be typical for Chinese dealers). The azurites are similar to mine that originate from Liufengshan Mine, Guizhou, Anhui province (possibly from Tongshan mine, also in Anhui, which have similar matrix).
Greetings, Volkmar
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
GneissWare
Joined: 07 Mar 2008
Posts: 1287
Location: California
|
Posted: Jan 28, 2015 13:18 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2015 |
|
|
crocoite wrote: | I read this too quickly...
I read "Huge beautiful quartz, with Dave Wilber for scale." as "Dave Wilber for sale"! |
What were they asking for a Dave Wilber?!?
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
Don Lum
Joined: 03 Sep 2012
Posts: 2869
Location: Arkansas
|
Posted: Jan 28, 2015 16:18 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2015 |
|
|
Enjoying your report, Matt. Please keep'em coming.
_________________ hogwild |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Paul Bordovsky
Joined: 07 Nov 2008
Posts: 46
|
Posted: Jan 28, 2015 20:39 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2015 |
|
|
Thanks for the show report and pics of the early arrivals. Looking forward to getting there on Sunday.
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
Matt_Zukowski
Site Admin
Joined: 10 Apr 2009
Posts: 709
Location: Alaska
|
Posted: Jan 28, 2015 23:32 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2015 |
|
|
Thanks people for your encouragement, and thanks Volkmar for the locality help. I couldn't remember where these azurites came from and the language barrier was insurmountable, but they do come from Liufengshan Mine, Guizhou, Anhui Prov. The fluorite I talked about yesterday was in several rooms and the locality is Xinjian, Henan Prov.
Today (Wed the 28th) about 30% of the dealers at the Inn suites were open but about 70-80% of the parking appeared to be taken. I heard a rumor today that the lot used for parking to the N of the Inn Suites has been sold and will be developed - if this comes true, parking will be impossible at this venue.
One of the first places I stopped was room 124 (Alvaro Lucio), who had some nice tourmaline from the Chia Claim in Minas Gerais. One piece was something around 20 cm long, with a really sharp termination, clear prism faces, and good luster. Although the color was dark, with lighting you could see nice color zoning within. Pictures below.
Mineral: | Tourmaline |
Locality: | Chiar Mine, São José da Safira, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
|
Dimensions: | ~20 cm |
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
71372 Time(s) |
|
Mineral: | Tourmaline |
Locality: | Chiar Mine, São José da Safira, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
|
Dimensions: | ~ 20 cm |
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
71365 Time(s) |
|
Mineral: | Tourmaline |
Locality: | Chiar Mine, São José da Safira, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
|
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
71305 Time(s) |
|
Mineral: | Tourmaline |
Locality: | Chiar Mine, São José da Safira, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
|
Dimensions: | ~20 cm |
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
71347 Time(s) |
|
Mineral: | Tourmaline |
Locality: | Chiar Mine, São José da Safira, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
|
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
71378 Time(s) |
|
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
Matt_Zukowski
Site Admin
Joined: 10 Apr 2009
Posts: 709
Location: Alaska
|
Posted: Jan 28, 2015 23:47 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2015 |
|
|
Next I went to Donald Olson's room where I saw another year's assortment of aesthetic specimens. I always enjoy looking at what they have assembled. They had a bunch of material from an old Bisbee miner that was interesting. Also they had several unique Milpillas brochantites with stout xtals and chisel shaped terminations. Also catching my eye were a Milpillas azurite, Tsumeb dioptase, Espirito Santo chrysoberyl, and a Keweenaw copper. Pictures below.
Mineral: | Brochantite |
Locality: | Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico | |
|
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
71298 Time(s) |
|
Mineral: | Azurite |
Locality: | Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico | |
|
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
71235 Time(s) |
|
Mineral: | Dioptase |
Locality: | Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia | |
|
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
71289 Time(s) |
|
Mineral: | Brochantite |
Locality: | Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico | |
|
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
71242 Time(s) |
|
Mineral: | Chrysoberyl |
Locality: | Espirito Santo, Sudeste Region, Brazil | |
|
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
71325 Time(s) |
|
Mineral: | Copper |
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
71237 Time(s) |
|
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
Matt_Zukowski
Site Admin
Joined: 10 Apr 2009
Posts: 709
Location: Alaska
|
Posted: Jan 29, 2015 00:06 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2015 |
|
|
Next I went to Zheng's room (rm 309) where they always have a bunch of interesting chinese material.
Mineral: | Plumbogummite |
Description: |
This was a nice assortment of large specimens with good clean xtals and no readily apparent treatment. |
|
Viewed: |
71328 Time(s) |
|
Mineral: | Plumbogummite |
Locality: | Yangshuo / Laohu area, Haiyang Mountains, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China | |
|
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
71250 Time(s) |
|
Mineral: | Fluorite |
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
71174 Time(s) |
|
Mineral: | Scheelite |
Description: |
One piece that really caught my eye was a cluster of purple/brown scheelite xtals, reminiscent of those from South Korea. I was told that the locality is in Yunnan Province, but the language barrier prevented me from getting better locality info. |
|
Viewed: |
71184 Time(s) |
|
Mineral: | Scheelite |
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
71174 Time(s) |
|
Mineral: | Scheelite |
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
71193 Time(s) |
|
Mineral: | Fluorite |
Description: |
Again I don't have the locality, sorry. |
|
Viewed: |
71213 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
71208 Time(s) |
|
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
Matt_Zukowski
Site Admin
Joined: 10 Apr 2009
Posts: 709
Location: Alaska
|
Posted: Jan 29, 2015 00:21 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2015 |
|
|
I walked around more at the Inn Suites but didn't take any more pictures. Collectors Edge was open but still loading cases. Green Mountain had most of their cases filled but their door was closed because they weren't finished.
At about 4ish I drove over to the Riverpark Inn where I saw Marcus Budil with, among other things, some nice Swiss quartz pieces. Then I walked down to the fine mineral building where I found that Rocksaholics had opened. I had a nice chat with Aisha and Dave Wilber, and also saw some nice rocks - pics below.
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
71275 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
71250 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
71192 Time(s) |
|
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
71161 Time(s) |
|
Mineral: | Realgar |
Description: |
This is probably from Shimen. This large piece hosts sharp glassy realgar xtals on a matrix of lustrous calcite xtals. Very nice! |
|
Viewed: |
71165 Time(s) |
|
Mineral: | Realgar |
Description: |
|
Viewed: |
71181 Time(s) |
|
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
|