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The 2020 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show® Index

This page serves as an index to our posts on the 2020 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show®. Our reports include show displays, individual display minerals, and dealer minerals.


The Tucson Gem and Mineral Show® View from Above on Opening Day


The 2020 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show® Dealer Minerals Part 1

One of my highlights in Tucson is seeing the new minerals from new discoveries each year. Many dealers wait for Tucson to bring out their new finds, keeping it a secret and preparing the specimens in advance, and having them ready on display for sale at the Tucson shows. 


I try to highlight these finds in my show report, taking pictures of the new finds, or impressive or classic material that I encounter while walking through the dealer booths and seeing their minerals on display. Many dealers are by now accustomed to excitedly show me their new material when I stop by and say hello.

It turns out that this year, some of the new finds were already seen at the end of 2019 at the Denver and Munich shows. However, I am still including those finds here in this report because they were a first for me to see and photograph.


Some of the more remarkable new minerals I encountered were large Quartz crystals with hoppered growth and smoky zones from the Uluguru Mountaisn, Morogoro Region, Tanzania. These were offered by Corrado Vietti Minerals, and reminded me of the Herkimer Diamond style Quartz. Fine Art Minerals once again had amazing surprises for me from the high mountains in Northern Pakistan. These included an amazing array of very large Rutile crystals, some twinned, from Tormiq, Shigar Valley, Pakistan, as well as Aegirine from the same find, some associated together with the Rutile.


The Arkenstone had lots of interesting material, most notably the large and aesthetic grayish-pink Fluorite octahedral crystals from Inner Mongolia, China. This was my first time seeing these minerals, and they were beautifully displayed in a case at the Arkestone. Several other dealers also had this material available. The Arkenstone also had beautiful clusters of rounded sparkling Chalcopyrite Balls from Daye, Huangshi, Hubei Province, China.


This is the first of our three posts of the dealer minerals. Stay part for part 2 and part 3 for additional reporting on some of the new and exciting minerals of late 2019 and 2020.


New Find of Skeletal Hoppered Smoky Quartz Crystals from the Uluguru Mountains, Morogoro Region, Tanzania - Corrado Vietti Minerals
New Find of Skeletal Hoppered Smoky Quartz Crystals
from the Uluguru Mountains, Morogoro Region, Tanzania
Corrado Vietti Minerals

New Amazonite with Cleavelandite and Fluorite from the Old Man Rock, Smoky Hawk Claim, Florissant, Teller Co., CO - Pinnacle 5 Minerals
New Amazonite with Cleavelandite and Fluorite from the Old Man Rock,
Smoky Hawk Claim, Florissant, Teller Co., CO
Pinnacle 5 Minerals

New Crocoite from the Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia - The Adelaide Mining Company
New Crocoite from the Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia
The Adelaide Mining Company

New Find of Rutile with Twins from Tormiq, Shigar Valley, Pakistan - Fine Art Minerals
New Find of Rutile with Twins from Tormiq, Shigar Valley, Pakistan
Fine Art Minerals

New Find of Rutile with Aegirine from Tormiq, Shigar Valley, Pakistan - Fine Art Minerals
New Find of Rutile with Aegirine from Tormiq, Shigar Valley, Pakistan
Fine Art Minerals

Very Large Red Elbaite Tourmaline from the Cruzeiro Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil - Stonetrust
Very Large Red Elbaite Tourmaline from the Cruzeiro Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Stonetrust

Gigantic Purple Fluorite with Barite from Berbes, Asturias, Spain - The Arkenstone
Gigantic Purple Fluorite with Barite from Berbes, Asturias, Spain
The Arkenstone

Large Blue Tourmaline, Most Likely from Pederneira Mine in Brazil - The Arkenstone
Large Blue Tourmaline Most Likely from Pederneira Mine in Brazil
The Arkenstone

Sparkling Pyrite on Calcite from the Hongwei Mine, Daye, China - The Arkenstone
Sparkling Pyrite on Calcite from the Hongwei Mine, Daye, China
The Arkenstone

Blue Hemimorphite from Mynamar - The Arkenstone
Blue Hemimorphite from Mynamar
The Arkenstone

Calcite with Triangular Pyrite Inclusions from Chenzhou, Hunan Province, China - The Arkenstone
Calcite with Triangular Pyrite Inclusions from Chenzhou, Hunan Province, China
The Arkenstone

Calcite with Fingerlike Stalactitic Protrusions from Wenshan, Yunnan, China - The Arkenstone
Calcite with Fingerlike Stalactitic Protrusions from Wenshan, Yunnan, China
The Arkenstone

Sparkling Chalcopyrite Ball Formation from Daye, Huangshi, Hubei Province, China - The Arkenstone
Sparkling Chalcopyrite Ball Formation from Daye, Huangshi, Hubei Province, China
The Arkenstone

Grayish-Red Fluorite from the Huanggang Mines, Inner Mongolia, China - The Arkenstone
Grayish-Red Fluorite from the Huanggang Mines, Inner Mongolia, China
The Arkenstone

Green Apophyllite Crystal Cluster on Matrix from Maharashtra, India - Superb Minerals India
Green Apophyllite Crystal Cluster on Matrix from Maharashtra, India
Superb Minerals India