This post shares some of the individual minerals on display in the exhibits at the The 2020 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show®. As always, the minerals were outstanding, with an abundance of old classics, new finds, amazing aesthetics, and great rarities.
Of the hundreds of great minerals we photographed in the exhibits, this selection is a condensed version narrowing down our top picks. This decision of which minerals to include in the post is always a difficult one, and proved even harder this year than in previous years because we didn't separate the posts by theme vs. non-theme minerals. This year's theme of "World Class Minerals" really left all the exhibit minerals liable to fit under the theme definition, so we didn't differentiate between the themed minerals and non-themed minerals as was done in our show reports from previous years.
This is the first of two posts on the individual show minerals. Stay tuned for our next posts on the individual minerals which we will be posting shortly.
New Find of Orange-Red Tourmaline (Dravite) from New Mexico, Discovered April 2019
Collected by Orlando and Nicole Haworth
Pink Rhodochrosite Rhombs from Mina Remedios, Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico
META (Mineral Enthusiasts of the Tucson Area)
Rhodochrosite embedded in Selenite from the Sunnyside Mine, San Juan Co., CO
META (Mineral Enthusiasts of the Tucson Area)
Large Plate of Barite Crystals on Matrix from the Magma Mine, Superior, Arizona
Les and Paula Presmyk Collection
Calcite Colored Green from Malachite from the Southwest Mine, Bisbee, Arizona
Les and Paula Presmyk Collection
