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[Tobi]

[Linda Smith]

Hope to see you and the weather warms up.

[Peter Megaw]

One of the cool things about organizing exhibits for the Main Show is that folks sometimes call at the last minute with new finds they want to exhibit.

The Colorado Quartz Mine in California has hit a new crystallized gold zone and they will be bringing some of the best new pieces to the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show(r) at the Convention Center. Here's a taste

There are often cancellations or vacancies right up to Show time, so if you have...or know someone who has minerals they'd like to exhibit, please let me know!

[Joseph DOliveira]

Although the show is almost two weeks away, some of the dealers have opened up early. Here are some fluorite specimens that I had not seen last year, unfortunately there is extensive damage on most of the pieces.

[Robert Seitz]

I'm glad to hear there are some undamaged specimens. All those I had seen so far were damaged & thought it might take some time for the miners to learn. Apparently some good specimens are randomly passing the gauntlet.

Thanks.

[Jordi Fabre]

The official poster of the 65th Annual Tucson Gem and Mineral Show from the Tucson Gem and Mineral Society

[Tomasz Praszkier]

I would like to invite everyone for new show, dedicated only to collectors – no fossils, no meteorites, no beads - only collectors minerals – The Mineral City Show.

[Tomasz Praszkier]

Show layout.

[Jordi Fabre]

A note about the new University of Arizona Gem and Mineral Museum kindly supplied by Alex Schauss


Dear Colleagues:

I wanted to alert you to a new four-page article that appeared in the January 2019 issue of Rock & Gem magazine about the new University of Arizona Gem and Mineral Museum that will open in 2020 in downtown Tucson. It should be easy for anyone to increase the size of each page doing click and then enlarging to make it easy to read.

With one year to go to try to open the new museum next year this is the time we especially need donations. Donations can be sent to: http://gemandmineralmuseum.arizona.edu/

We will also be holding a fund-raising auction for the new museum on February 8 at the Westward Look Hotel on Ina, at 6 pm in the hotel’s large ballroom. Scores of excellent specimens have been donated by dozens of dealers for this occasion. This is an opportunity to acquire exceptional specimens and help the new museum. Peter McGaw will be the auctioneer.

[crocoite]

Hi Jordi. The link https://www.gemandmineralmuseum.arizona.edu is broken. Needs to be http(:)//gemandmineralmuseum(.)arizona(.)edu (no www)
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[bob kerr]

For me, as in years past, the "Tucson Shows" start when Adam Wright and Erika Aheimer arrive from Tasmania with the past years findings at the Adelaide Mine. New this year were pineapples!! Not organic ones though but ones based on lead and chromium. Adam was able to extract a handful of unique specimens from the roof of the mine and named the best one "The Pineapples" for obvious reasons. You can see some photos below and a brief video at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=andmtAEMH5E

more to come,
bob

[Dave Varabioff]

I am excited and thrilled Peter to be able to be bringing the newest finds from the Colorado quartz mine to the main show. I found another stunningly spectacular specimen this weekend and I am hard at work on getting it prepared before the show it is a large piece with Incredible crystallization.

[Byron Anderson]

Dave, any chance you have in-situ photos of the gold you can share? I decided to go to the main show this year instead of the early shows and it looks like I made the right decision. Between the Wulfenite displays and your newly recovered gold I’m going to bring extra tissue to wipe up the drool!.

[Dave Varabioff]

This was found last weekend and is turning out to be one of the most incredible specimens I've ever seen. I will post two more pictures of it and then leave the dramatic reveal for the main show as it is a stunner

[Dave Varabioff]

This is it about 10 minutes after I pulled it out of the vein. You can see that is covered with black manganese oxide. The longest side on the largest crystal is 1.8 cm :-)