The Tucson Gem & Mineral Show® Treasures of the Midwest Minerals, Part 1 March 14, 2017 Hershel Friedman (0) Our next several posts on the The Tucson Gem & Mineral Show® feature individual minerals in the display exhibits within the "Treasures of the Midwest" theme. We took hundreds of photos of these minerals, and selected about fifty of the best or most interesting to be featured on our news blog. The first group is below; stay tuned for additional posts. Purple Calcite with Marcasite from Mineral Point, MIYale Peabody Museum Calcite on Dolostone from the Sweetwater Mine, MOLaurence and Helen Tuelle Smithsonite on Quartz and Sphalerite from Morning Star Mine, Rush Creek, ARGeorge and Cindy Witters Blue Barite "Transformer Man" from the Denton Mine, Hardin Co., ILAl and Sue Liebetrau Calcite Sand Pseudomorph from Rattlesnake Butte, Black Hills, SDChuck Hauser Calcite Twin from the Black Rock Quarry, Lawrence Co., AR Copper and Calcite from the Caledonia Mine, Ontonagon Co., MIBob Schreiber Blue Fluorite from the Minerva #1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock, ILCharles Sahlman Odd Fluorite Growth on Fluorite from the Elmwood Mine, TNBob Schreiber Fluorite and Calcite from Cave-in-Rock, IL Yellow Diamond 3.85 ct. from Crater of Diamonds Park, Murfreesboro, AR Fluorite on Quartz from the Deardorf Mine, Cave-in-Rock, ILFlagg Mineral Foundation Barite Ball and Sphalerite from the Elmwood Mine, TNFlagg Mineral Foundation Pyrite "Sun" in Matrix from Sparta, Randolph Co., ILPhil Richardson Pyrite from Indianapolis, INFriends of Mineralogy Midwest Chapter Fluorite from the Elmwood Mine, TNRaymond M. Thompson
