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[Herman van Dennebroek]

"The Tucson Show". A short impression, part two

[Pete Modreski]

Thanks, Herman, for sharing the great pictures!

To me, the lollingites with associated minerals were one of the most interesting "new classics" to be seen at the Tucson show.

Pete

[GneissWare]

[Herman van Dennebroek]

Hallo GneissWare.
Perhaps superfluous.The Mineralogical Record number 5, September/October 2012, has published a large article about the Huanggang Mine, with also some geological information.

[Roger Warin]

Hi,
Scheelite is beautiful, but the löllingite delights me.
Thank you for sharing such beautiful pictures.
Roger.

[Enrique Llorens]

The pyrite in quartz, is peruvian, Labor Teo, Mundo Nuevo.

Regards. Enrique Llorens.

[ian jones]

Just a small observation regarding prices.

For several years a dealer at the Munich show had a Wheal Gorland (UK) cuprite for sale. It was as I recall around 750 Euros. It was nice but not something that I wanted myself and was too much to make it worth me buying to resell. This year the price had dropped to about 400 Euros, I thought about it but didn't bother and later, when I went to have another look, it had gone. Too bad I thought, should of picked it up when I had the chance.

This year at Tucson I was shown a batch of British specimens, amongst them was the Wheal Gorland cuprite, still with the original dealers distinctive label. However, it was now priced at £12000. Quite an increase.

I don't want to moralise here, it is up to each individual to decide what a specimen is worth to them and then buy it if they want. But this was hardly a sleeper, it had been available for ages. So I just cite this as an example of flexible pricing in the mineral market.

[Herman van Dennebroek]

Thank you Enrique for your information.

[Enrique Llorens]

Post a photo of a pyrite from my collection to be in the same pocket.

Greetings. Enrique Llorens.

[Herman van Dennebroek]

There have been special/specific circumstances during the crystallisation of the pyrite in that particular pocket. Interesting!.

[Enrique Llorens]

Yes I think so too, this pocket was something special.

Regards. Enrique llorens.

[John Cornish]

Hi Everyone,

I'd very much like to thank everyone for contributing to this thread and sharing your Tucson experiences. Being stuck in the room during the show running it myself, I hardly ever get the chance to see any of the other rooms or displays as such, these types of reports are my main way of seeing the magic!

Again, thank you!

All the very best,

John

[Jamison Brizendine]

I know this is several years late, but here are my observations from Matt’s pictures:

Pictures “IMG_0676 to IMG_0681” and “IMG_2224” are fluorite specimens that belong to the collection of Harris Precht from Connersville, Indiana. Harris is a Midwest mineral dealer whom I have known (as well as several other people on this forum) for many years and was one of the first dealers I met when I started collecting. Harris is one of the nicest mineral dealers I have ever met and always has great stories to tell. Harris still continues to use his typewriter for generating his mineral labels, nothing wrong with that…

The fluorite (IMG_0676) on the bottom shelf is from the Bluffton Stone Quarry. This specimen is figured in Ernest Carlson’s Minerals of Ohio (1991) on the first color plate.

The fluorite in picture “IMG_0681” labeled “Ozark #7 Mine” is from the M.F. Oxford #7 Mine (Sometimes known as the Mahoning #7 Mine) in the Cave-in-Rock District. That specimen is figured in the 1988 Rocks and Minerals article, Minerals of the Harris Creek Fluorspar District, Hardin County, Illinois on page 220.

In picture IMG_0685, in Joe and Susan Kielbaso’s case is a green fluorite is labeled as from the Okorusu Mine, Namibia. I believe it is actually from the Erongo Massif, as it strongly looks like the typical “Alien Eye Fluorites” that you see from there

The thumbnail case “IMG_0705” features many thumbnails that were formally owned by Jim and Dawn Minette and were figured in that book published by Lithographie. My favorite is that Dioptase “cross”!

I don’t know which case the fluorites from “IMG_0699 – 0702” belong to, but I did immediately recognize the fluorite labeled from Gibsonburg, Ohio. That particular fluorite was painted by Susan Robinson and at the time she painted it, it was in the collection of John Medici. You can see a smaller version of that painting on the Mineralogical Record’s website.

All these specimens are great and would certainly fit in my collection nicely! Thanks Matt for taking these pictures…

Hope everyone stays safe at Tucson (2017) this year!