This is the final "catch-all" post of the remaining display cases that we will show from the 2018 Tucson Gem and Mineral public displays. While there are plenty more good displays that were exhibited at the show, we kept a focus on on the most significant or attractive cases.
This post includes the Lidstrom Entries, which are competitive cases, as well the displays of the Great Quartz Face-off, which is a sub-theme of fine Quartz displays. The Lidstrom Entries don't have labels of collection or organizers, so we apologize for not providing that information. Stay tuned for our next post of the individual minerals
Lidstrom Entry of Various Small Crystals
Various Self-Collected Minerals
Beautiful Lidstrom Entry Case, with Many Fine Gem Minerals
Don Lum Collection
Another Fantastic Lidstrom Entry Case
And Yet Another Outstanding Lidstrom Entry Case
Nonmetals and Elements
A Nicely Organized Lidstrom Entry Case
The Great Quartz Crystal Face-Off - Quartz: A Seemingly Endless Array...
Muzo Habit Quartz from the Zigras Mine, Arkansas
Avant Mining
Excellent Quartz Crystals, from the Lidstrom Entry Cases
Avant Mining
Quartz of the Boulder Batholith (A Great Quartz Crystal Face Off Case)
The DT Pocket; Smoky Quartz Mined in October 2016 from the California Blue Mine, CA
(A Great Quartz Crystal Face Off Case)
Arizona's World of Quartz
Les & Paula Presmyk Collection
This post is a continuation of the previous post on the general exhibit displays seen at the 2018 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show®. This post includes the rest of the mineral displays from private individuals or clubs. Our next posts on the displays will feature some additional public exhibits including the Great Quartz Face-off and Lidstrom entries.
Various Colorful Crystals
M&M Jaworski Collection
Rounded Crystal Forms
Luis Burillo Minerals
"Ripple Fire" Rare Native Ripple Sheet Copper cin Black Shale
Robert A and Merry L Price
Crystal Systems of the Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Scott Co., IA
Steve Bussan with Carmen H.
Minerals of Different Crystal Systems
Crystal Variations from Namibian Localities
Brad and Linda Ross Family Collection
Azurite... and what Used to be Azurite from the Millpillas Mine, Mexico
Peter Megaw Collection
Star Sapphire Collection
Mark Hay Collection
Tribute to Bryant Witham Harris
Fallbrook Gem and Mineral Society
Crystals and Crystal Forms
Mineralogical Society of Arizona
Recent Acquisitions
Flagg Mineral Foundation
Pyrite Crystal Cubes from Navajun, Spain
Frederick C. Wilda and Helen A. Rodak
Barite World Tour, Romania, Italy, and Greece
Bill & Diana Dameron
Minerals Found Within 100 Miles of Tucson
META (Mineral Enthusiasts of the Tucson Area)
Feldspar Group Minerals Habits and Twinning
Hansonburg District, Bingham, Socorro Co., NM
The next two posts feature some of the general displays at the 2018 Tucson Gem and Mineral ® Show. This will feature some of the exceptional display cases that were put together by private individuals or clubs not included in the previous posts, or in the Quartz face off or Lidstrom Entries.
While many displays stuck to the show theme such as various crystal habits for specific mineral types, or twinning on certain minerals, many did not keep to the theme as it was not as definable as in previous years. Nevertheless, the displays were fantastic as usual.
The Origin of Mineral Names
Mindat.org
"Colorado Backbreakers"
Collected by Jeff Self
Artisan Made Gemstones - Gemstone-Like Glass Products
Jeremy Sinkus
Calcite in Amethyst from Artigas, Uruguay
Dennis Tanjeloff Collection, Astro Gallery of Gems
Calcite in Amethyst from Artigas, Uruguay
Dennis Tanjeloff Collection, Astro Gallery of Gems
The Mineral Wines Collection
Brett Keller
The Varied Forms of Native Copper from Bisbee, Arizona
Graeme Collection
Joe Ruiz (1924-2017) - An Inquisitive and Sharing Collector with a Passion to Learn and Discover
Prepared by Ron Gibbs, Bob Jenkins, and Chris Whitney-Smith
Twinning in Calcite
Specimens from the Collection of Terry E. Huizing
Beryl and its Varieties - Specimens Exhibiting Common & Unusual Forms
Collection of William B. Wray
Giant Red Fenster Quartz Discovered August 2016, Itamarandiba, Brazil
Presented by St. Troy Consolidated Mines,
Ltd.
Cubic System Forms
From the Collection of Sue and Stan Celestian
Calcite Crystals, 3 Habits: Scalenohedral,
Rhombohedral, and Prismatic
The most impressive displays at the The Tucson Gem and Mineral Show® are the large glass exhibit cases, mostly clustered around the center display area of the Tucson Convention Center show floor. These displays contain some of the finest minerals from mineral collectors, museums, and club members, and are put together very well aesthetically with sharp lighting. This year's large displays were outstanding, and I made a separate news post featuring some of them.
Rock Currier's Worldwide Search for Minerals
Brazilian Crystal Treasures in the Jim and Gail Spann Collection
Hawaii Volcanics from the Keiki Mineral Club of Honolulu
Mineral Localities in Hawaii from the Keiki Mineral Club of Honolulu
Highlighting Minerals from 3 of the 6 Crystal Systems from the Arizona Mineral Minions
"Fabulous Forms" from the Mineralogical Association of Dallas
Cruzero Mine Tourmaline Giants, from St. Troy Consolidated Mines, Ltd.
"Crystalline Treasures" - The Mineral Heritage of China
Fallbrook Gem & Mineral Society - Celebrating 60 Years
This post shows our selection of some of the interesting or aesthetic minerals in the exhibits of the museum display cases at the 2018 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show®. The theme of the show was "Crystals and Crystal Habits," and many of these minerals have interesting or unique crystal habits in line with this year's show theme.
Stacked Rhodonite Crystals from Franklin, NJ
Mineralogical & Geological Museum at Harvard University
Blue Brucite Crystals from the Bazhenovskoe Mine, Middle Urals, Russia
Fersman Mineralogical Museum
Octagonal Vesuvianite Crystals from Yunnan Province, China
Royal Ontario Museum
Complex Purple Fluorite Crystal from the Mex-Tex Mine, Hansonburg, NM
New Mexico Bureau of Mineral Resources
Kafehydrocyanite Ps. After Sulfur from Cozzodisi Mine, Girgenti, Sicily, Italy
Society of Mineral Museum Professionals
Tourmaline from Mt. Marie, Paris (L) and the Dunton Quarry, Newry (R), Maine
Maine Mineral & Gem Museum
Purple Apatite from Mt. Marie (L), Greenwood (C), and the Pulsifier Quarry (R), Maine
Maine Mineral & Gem Museum
Odd-Shaped Calcite Crystal from the 2nd Soviet Mine, Dal'negorsk, Russia
Cincinnati Museum Center
Reniform Hematite from Michigamme, Marquette Co., MI
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Large Green Titanite Contact Twins
American Museum of Natural History
Chrysoberyl Sixling Cyclic Twins from Espirito Santo, Minas Gerais, Brazil
American Museum of Natural History
Bournonite Cyclic Twins from the Machacamarca Mine, Potosi, Bolivia
American Museum of Natural History
Cerussite Contact V-Twins from Touissit, Morocco
American Museum of Natural History
Bright Green Diopside Crystals from the Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania
University of Arizona Mineral Museum
Autunite from the Daybreak Mine, Spokane Co., WA
University of Arizona Mineral Museum
Large Axinite-Fe Crystal from Bahia, Brazil
Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
Pink Spinel Crystals from Mehenge, Morogoro Region, Tanzania
Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
Triangular Diamond Macle Twin from the Ekati MIne, Lac De Gras, NW Territories, Canada
Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
Dark Gray Cubic Diamond from South Africa, Museum Gift of Washington Roebling
Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
Large Green Gem Beryl from Teofilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
