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bob kerr

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Posted: Jan 30, 2025 22:34 Post subject: Re: It's Tucson Time Again |
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Stepping into the Stonetrust room of Bob and Stephanie Snyder one is immediately greeted by a major Pakistani Aqua referred to as "The Noble King". Amazing how many major Aquas have been extracted from the Pakistan mountains in the last few years.
Bob informed me that Stephanie "is at the show - but then again not at the show" due to illness - let's hope for a rapid recovery for her - we all miss her smile.
Mineral: | Beryl (variety aquamarine) |
Locality: | Dassu, Braldu Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan |  |
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Herwig
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Posted: Jan 31, 2025 05:11 Post subject: Re: It's Tucson Time Again |
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bob kerr wrote: |
in keeping with his business name "Persson's Rare Minerals" he was showing a group of Kesterite, Mishistonite, Muscovite" from Mt Xuebaoding, Sichuan, China. See photos. |
FYI: it's mushistonite: https://www.mindat.org/min-2817.html
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Great report so far, Bob!
Cheers, Herwig
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mingem
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Posted: Jan 31, 2025 13:39 Post subject: Re: It's Tucson Time Again |
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It is Primary Malachite!
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bob kerr

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Posted: Feb 01, 2025 00:24 Post subject: Re: It's Tucson Time Again - 2025 |
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In the room of Saphira Minerals were a number of unique barites from Namibia - they appeared more as elongated pencils and quite gemmy. See photos.
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bob kerr

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Posted: Feb 01, 2025 00:29 Post subject: Re: It's Tucson Time Again - 2025 |
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This very nice calcite spray from Rio Grande do Sol, Brazil in the ROC 3000 booth in the tent north of B2B Minerals really caught my eye. Amazing that this piece made it out of the mine in one piece.
Mineral: | Calcite on Quartz |
Locality: | Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |  |
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James Catmur
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Posted: Feb 01, 2025 16:50 Post subject: Re: It's Tucson Time Again - 2025 |
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I have similar ones from England
bob kerr wrote: | In the room of Saphira Minerals were several unique barites from Namibia - they appeared more as elongated pencils and quite gemmy. |
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bob kerr

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Posted: Feb 01, 2025 20:25 Post subject: Re: It's Tucson Time Again - 2025 |
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A Tucson Shows visit is not complete without touring the masterpieces in the Green Mountain Minerals room. These photos are from the Mineral City room but there's more up at the Westward Look show.
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Mineral: | In the Green Mountain Minerals room at Min City |
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bob kerr

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Posted: Feb 01, 2025 20:33 Post subject: Re: It's Tucson Time Again - 2025 |
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Safaa Yu of Mintang LLC had some really nice pieces - the sheelite presented here shown like a beacon from the hallway. The interesting "giraffe" calcite came out a year ago but were new to me.
Mineral: | In the Mintang LLC room |
Locality: | Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China |  |
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Mineral: | In the Mintang LLC room |
Locality: | Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada |  |
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Mineral: | In the Mintang LLC room |
Locality: | Hechi Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China |  |
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bob kerr

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Posted: Feb 01, 2025 20:42 Post subject: Re: It's Tucson Time Again - 2025 |
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Sharing a room with Safaa is Brenden Traw of KRB Exploration who holds claims on some very famous localities including the Spruce Ridge in WA and Hallelujah Junction. He had a really nice set of displays showing recent findings. It's always good to buy from the source!
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Mineral: | Brenden holding a Hallelujah Junction masterpiece |
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bob kerr

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Posted: Feb 01, 2025 20:50 Post subject: Re: It's Tucson Time Again - 2025 |
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Another "must visit room" is that of Marcus Budil. He has a large showroom in the "Mineral Galleries on Lester" building and is also showing up at the Westward Look.
Many Congo specimens were displayed showing the very large production from the "Copper Crescent" and nearby.
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bob kerr

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Posted: Feb 01, 2025 20:56 Post subject: Re: It's Tucson Time Again - 2025 |
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Anton Watzl - sharing a room with Adam Wright of the Adelaide crocoite mine - brought his usual terrific selection of worldwide minerals. he's offering a huge selection of Zultanite from Turkey - both single xls and v-twins.
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bob kerr

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Posted: Feb 02, 2025 21:29 Post subject: Re: It's Tucson Time Again - 2025 |
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The Mineral Angel dealership hidden away in the far end of the B Building had already sold quite a few of these "Tower of Babel" aragonites but I was able to claim one of the last good ones that clearly shows the stepping along the C-axis of the specimen. Very interesting and colorful specimens.
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bob kerr

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Posted: Feb 02, 2025 22:39 Post subject: Re: It's Tucson Time Again - 2025 |
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Marco Tironi has a large haul of Brazilian minerals including a large undamaged cathedral quartz - light smokey, ultra clear and lustrous. I could not find even a Wilbur on this piece!!
Also, there were numerous heliodors from the Padre Paraiso. (Could they be from Espirito Santo??)
Other interesting quartzes included actinolite inclusions and misc smokey versions.
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Mineral: | Beryl (variety heliodor) |
Locality: | Padre Paraíso, Minas Gerais, Brazil |  |
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bob kerr

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Posted: Feb 02, 2025 22:45 Post subject: Re: It's Tucson Time Again - 2025 |
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Rob Lavinsky's Arkenstone building had the usual incredible pieces - HUGE ones - and also a new find of colorful yellow fluorite from "under urban Beijing".
Mineral: | Fuorite |
Locality: | Jiang Jun Gou Mine, Beijing, Huairou District, North China, China |  |
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Mineral: | Fuorite |
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Mineral: | Stibnite |
Locality: | Wuning Mine, Qingjiang, Wuning, Jiujiang Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China |  |
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bob kerr

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Posted: Feb 02, 2025 23:15 Post subject: Re: It's Tucson Time Again - 2025 |
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Here's an example of wonderful mineral art - which can be seen in many rooms throughout the shows - and one very large room in The Arkenstone is dedicated to mineral art.
Mineral: | Seen in the Christalli room at Min City |
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