Our final two posts on the 2017 The Tucson Gem & Mineral Show® features some of the interesting or new minerals being sold by dealers that we found while walking along the show floor.
Limonite Pseudomorph after Pyrite from Gachala, Colombia
Pachamama Minerals
New find of Interesting Aquamarine from Deo Darrah, Badaskshan, Afghanistan
Fine Art Minerals
Herkimer-Like Quartz Crystal from the Rist Mine, Hiddenite, NC
Ledford Minerals
Newly-Mined Amethyst on Quartz from Jackson's Crossroads, GA
Ledford Minerals
Newly-Mined Amethyst Crystals from Jackson's Crossroads, GA
Ledford Minerals
Large Aquamarine Crystal from Mt. White, CO
The Lucky Miner (Hosted at the Ledford Minerals Booth)
Elbaite on Quartz from the Mawi Pegmatite, Afghanistan
The Collector's Edge
Emerald on Matrix from Muzo, Colomobia
The Collector's Edge
Beautiful Collection Case from the Collector's Edge
Barite from Lower Silesia, Poland
Spirifer Minerals
This is our last post of the 2017 The Tucson Gem & Mineral Show®. The post is a continuation of photos of the dealer minerals seen on the show floor. Please stay tuned until next year's Tucson show reports!
Legrandite from the Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico
Unique Minerals
Allergentum Pseudomorph after Dyscrasite from a new find in Tamdrost, Morocco
Allergentum Pseudomorph after Dyscrasite from Tamdrost, Morocco, Crystallized Specimen
Unusual Blue Phantom Quartz from Mt. Ida, Arkansas
Well Arranged Molecules
New Find of Pyrite, Calcite, and Quartz from the Racracancha Mine, Cerro de Pasco, Peru
Bruce Wood Minerals
New Find of Cubic Pyrite Cluster from the Racracancha Mine, Cerro de Pasco, Peru
Bruce Wood Minerals
Newly-Dug Quartz with Cleavelandite from the California Blue Mine, San Bernadino Co., CA
Earth's Treasures
Giant, Doubly Terminated Smoky Quartz from the California Blue Mine, San Bernadino Co., CA
Earth's Treasures
Beautiful Amethyst on White Quartz from Jackson's Crossroads, GA
Earth's Treasures
Dioptase with Plancheite Matrix from Kimbedi, Mindouli, Republic of Congo
Mineral Classics
Large Dioptase Crystal from Kimbedi, Mindouli, Republic of Congo
Mineral Classics
New Fluorite Cube Finds from the Llamas Quarry, Duyos, Asturias, Spain
Mineral Classics
This next post on the The Tucson Gem & Mineral Show® features some of the individual mineral specimens exhibited at the show that were not part of the "Mineral Treasures of the Midwest" theme. This selection includes minerals on public exhibit that were interesting for a variety of reasons, including aesthetics, rarity, or unique formation.
Gold from the Ace of Diamonds Mine, Liberty, WA
Meta-Autunite from the Daybreak Mine, Mt. Spokane, WA
Rhodochrosite from the Millenium Pocket, Sweet Home Mine, Alma, CO
Purple Adamite from the Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Wulfenite from the Rowley Mine, Maricopa Co., AZ
In addition to the themed display cases at the The Tucson Gem & Mineral Show®, there are plenty of additional cases of interesting minerals as well as the competitive displays. These next posts feature the non-themed display cases, as well as the displays where the theme is a bit stretched beyond the midwest borders (such as the first post below.)
Minerals from the NorthMidWest
Rice Museum of Rocks & Minerals
Mineral Treasures of the Far
Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Moscow
Russia's Treasure of Diamonds and Precious Stones
GIA (Gemological Institute of America)
Minerals from the Irv Brown Collection
Irv Brown
Smoky Quartz and Amethyst from Hallelujah Junction, Nevada
Fluorite from Worldwide Localities
Push to Make Wulfenite the State Mineral of Arizona
Mineralogical Society of Arizona
2016 Donations at the University of Arizona Mineral Museum
University of Arizona Mineral Museum
Shape and Color at the Tucson Show
Laguna Agate from the Alianza Claim, Ojo Laguna, Chihuahua, Mexico
Albert O. Ray
"The One's That Didnt Get Away"
Glenn & Gregg Hales