The Tucson Gem and Mineral Show® has some of the most impressive public displays. Aside from the displays of the museums and private collectors, there are also several featured exhibits of exceptional individual pieces. This year's show featured some magnificent items, including a giant red Elbaite Tourmaline from the Jonas Mine in Brazil, which is the largest and most significant specimen from this mine. Also featured was an iconic Aquamarine crystal with internal "helix" growths, from the Marambaia Gem District in Brazil.
Giant Red Elbaite Tourmaline ("Tarugo") from the Jonas Mine in Brazil, in Display Case
A Closer Up Profile of this Large Jonas Tourmaline
Information Plaque Explaining the Above Jonas Mine Tourmaline
Post Emerald Necklace with Colombian Emeralds
Smithsonian Institution
Carved Quartz Crystal "Eye of the Tiger" by Designer Alfred Zimmerman
Large Floater Calcite Crystal from Dalnegorsk, Russia
Found in 1990's
Giant Turquoise Nugget (The Largest Ever Found) from the Mona Lisa Mine, Polk Co, AR
Mined in 1892 by Jack Wrigley and cut in 2018 by Michael Beck
Giant Laguna Agate "The Monarch Queen of Mexico from the Alianza Claim, Ojo Laguna, Mexico
Albert O. Ray
Show Poster of an Amethyst Scepter with the Specimen from the Goboboseb Mountains, Namibia
Scott Rudolph Mineral Museum
Zoomed in to the Above Scepter Amethyst
