This year's Tucson Show featured a smaller sub-theme in addition to the regular theme. The sub-theme was titled "The Great Quartz Crystal Face Off." There were twelve showcase exhibits filled with all different types of interesting and unique Quartz crystals. The pictures below show all the exhibits for this sub-theme, and towards the bottom of this post are several of the individual minerals within this exhibit.
Lab-Grown Quartz Crystals, Synthetically Produced Through the Hydrothermal Process
R&D XTALS Inc
Quartz Worldwide
Unknown Exhibit
Large Quartz Crystals from a New Find at the McEarl Ridge Mine, Arkansas
Avant Mining LLC
"Magic of Illusions" - Beatiful Dendritic Agates
Paarijat
Amethyst and Milky Quartz from Ashaway Village, Hopkinton, Rhode Island
Unknown Exhibit
Angled Quartz Twins
Unknown Exhibit
Miscellaneous Quartz Exhibit
Unknown Exhibit
Colorful Quartz
Unknown Exhibit
Miscellaneous Quartz Exhibit
Si & Ann Frazier
Miscellaneous Quartz Exhibit
Wendy Melomeny
Quartz and Associates from King County, Washington
Unknown Exhibit
Quartz from the Royal Scepter Claim, Peterson Mountain, Washoe Co., Nevada
Misc Exhibitors
Star Rose Quartz from Minas Gerais Brazil
(This specimen was actually in the vicinity of the Quartz cases, so I included it here)
Lyda Hill
Rare Quartz with Unknown Yellow/Brown Inclusions, Macaubas, San Francisco River Area, Bahia, Brazil
Misc Exhibitors
Chalcedony Pseudomorph after Twinned Aragonite, Sueco, Coyamito Ranch, Chihuahua, Mexico
Si & Ann Frazier
Beautiful Amethyst Scepter on Matrix, King Co., Washington
Misc Exhibitors
Quartz Scepter on Pyrite, King Co., Washington
Misc Exhibitors
Amethyst on Matrix from the Saltman Prospect, Sweden
Misc Exhibitors
