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Aside from the main theme of "Minerals of Western Europe," the Tucson show also hosts a variety of other special exhibits from various museums, collectors, and mineral societies. In fact, there were more non-themed exhibit showcases than themed ones. This post and the following one feature all the non-themed exhibits at the show. The order of the pictures is once again not specific to any organization, but rather the sequence of my photography. Since there were many showcase exhibits, I divided these into 2 separate posts.

Favorites from Colorado Mines
Jeff Self & Donna Aware



Treasures in Time: Minerals Found in Fossils
Indiana State Museum



Prehnite from Around the World
(Disappointed that this Case Lacked any Prehnite from New Jersey, a Premier Prehnite Locality!)
Henry & Patsy Schmidt



Self Collected Arizona Minerals
Jon & Ruth Brugman



Agate & Geodes from Montana
Bozeman Gem & Mineral Club Member Specimens



Minerals from Montana
Bozeman Gem & Mineral Club Member Specimens



Lead Ore Minerals
Rice NW Museum of Rocks & Minerals



The Ed David Copper Collection
The University of Arizona Mineral Museum



Misc Worldwide Minerals
Geology Museum at the University of New Mexico, Albuqueque



Azurite and Malachite from Arizona
Mineralogical Society of Arizona



Sphalerite from Worldwide Localities
Les Presmyk Collection



Transistion Metals
Unknown Collection



Misc Worldwide Minerals
Unknown Collection



Misc Worldwide Minerals
Unknown Collection



Minerals from Arizona
Richard Bideaux Memorial Trophy Competition



Minerals from Russia and Western Europe
Fersman Mineralogical Museum



Highly Aesthetic Trophy Minerals
Marcus Budil



Tourmaline Collection
Gerhard Wagner Collection



Misc Worldwide Minerals
Unknown Collection

This year's Tucson Show featured a smaller sub-theme in addition to the regular theme. The sub-theme was titled "The Great Quartz Crystal Face Off." There were twelve showcase exhibits filled with all different types of interesting and unique Quartz crystals. The pictures below show all the exhibits for this sub-theme, and towards the bottom of this post are several of the individual minerals within this exhibit.

Lab-Grown Quartz Crystals, Synthetically Produced Through the Hydrothermal Process
R&D XTALS Inc



Quartz Worldwide
Unknown Exhibit



Large Quartz Crystals from a New Find at the McEarl Ridge Mine, Arkansas
Avant Mining LLC



"Magic of Illusions" - Beatiful Dendritic Agates
Paarijat



Amethyst and Milky Quartz from Ashaway Village, Hopkinton, Rhode Island
Unknown Exhibit



Angled Quartz Twins
Unknown Exhibit



Miscellaneous Quartz Exhibit
Unknown Exhibit



Colorful Quartz
Unknown Exhibit



Miscellaneous Quartz Exhibit
Si & Ann Frazier



Miscellaneous Quartz Exhibit
Wendy Melomeny



Quartz and Associates from King County, Washington
Unknown Exhibit



Quartz from the Royal Scepter Claim, Peterson Mountain, Washoe Co., Nevada
Misc Exhibitors



Star Rose Quartz from Minas Gerais Brazil
(This specimen was actually in the vicinity of the Quartz cases, so I included it here)
Lyda Hill


Rare Quartz with Unknown Yellow/Brown Inclusions, Macaubas, San Francisco River Area, Bahia, Brazil
Misc Exhibitors



Chalcedony Pseudomorph after Twinned Aragonite, Sueco, Coyamito Ranch, Chihuahua, Mexico
Si & Ann Frazier



Beautiful Amethyst Scepter on Matrix, King Co., Washington
Misc Exhibitors



Quartz Scepter on Pyrite, King Co., Washington
Misc Exhibitors



Amethyst on Matrix from the Saltman Prospect, Sweden
Misc Exhibitors

Here are the rest of the photos of the individual minerals from the Western European exhibits at the Tucson Gem & Mineral Show® that I found interesting. Stay tuned for additional posts in the coming days, which will include "The Great Quartz Crystal Face Off" and other miscellaneous exhibits.

Large Jordanite Crystal with Lamellar Twinning from Lengenbach, Binn Valley, Wallis, Switzerland
Natural History Museum of London



Incredibely Large Crystal of Anatase from the Binn Valley, Wallis, Switzerland
Natural History Museum of London



Twinned Fluorite from the Rogerly Mine, England
UK Mining Ventures



Large Zircon crystals Seiland Island, Alta Fjord, Finnmark, Norway
Canadian Museum of Nature



Large Pyrite Cubes In Matrix from Navajun, Spain
Unknown Case



Calcite Butterfly Twins from the Malmberget Mine, Gallivare, Lappaland, Sweden
Unknown Case



Orange-Pink Fluorite on Albite from Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Rhone-Alpes, France
Unknown Case



Classic Calcite from St. Andreasberg, Harz Mts, Lower Saxony, Germany
University of Technology Bergakademie Freiberg (Mining Acadamy)



Blue and White Halite from the Menzengraben Mine, Rhon Mts, Thuringia, Germany
University of Technology Bergakademie Freiberg (Mining Acadamy)



Large Silver Wire from the Himmelsfurt Mine, Saxony, Germany
Unknown Case



Epidote V-Twins from Knappenwand, Untersulzbachtal, Salburg, Austria
Unknown Case



Large Axinite Crystal from LeCatonge, Sembrancher, Les Bagnes Valley, Wallis, Switzerland
Unknown Case



Yellow Smithsonite Polished Slice and Nodule from the Masua Mine, Sardinia, Italy
Unknown Case



Tubular Aragonite var. Flos Ferri from the Erzberg, Styria, Austria
Unknown Case



Hematite Kidney Ore with Dolomite from the Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumbria, England
Scott Rudolph

In addition to taking pictures of all the exhibit showcases, I took some individual shots of those that I found particularly interesting. There were so many great minerals that I could have spent all my time on this, but I had to pick a limited number so that I wouldn't get overwhelmed. If I saw a mineral in case that had interesting aesthetics, was unique to a locality, and had something else about it that piqued my interest, I took a photo of it. I did take more photos, though these are the ones that came out well.

Elongated Elbaite Tourmaline from Elba, Italy (type locality for Elbaite
American Museum of Natural History



Elegant Epidote from Knappenwand, Untersulzbachtal, Austria
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County



Dolomite Penetration Twins, Astuerra Quarry, Eugui, Navarre, Spain
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County



Polished Smithsonite (Cadmium-Rich) Stalactite, Masua, Sardinia, Italy
Royal Ontario Museum



Very large Sulfur Crystal Cluster, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy
Denver Museum of Nature & Science



Huge Pyromorphite Plate, Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Limousin, France
Rice NW Museum of Rocks & Minerals



Very large Phosgenite Crystal, Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Sardinia, Italy
Rice NW Museum of Rocks & Minerals



Banded Fluorite Variety Blue John, Derbyshire, England
Carnegie Museum of Natural History



Amethystine Quartz scepter on Praseme, Arresalos, Seriphos, Greece
Greek Rocks



Blue Smithsonite pseudomorph after Calcite with Adamite, Hilarion Mine, Lavrion, Greece
Greek Rocks



Rhodochrosite with Pyrite, Madem Lakkos Mine, Chalkidiki, Greece
Greek Rocks



Exceptional Smoky Quartz Cluster on Granite, Rufiback Pocket, Vorge Ziggenstock, Grimsel, Borne, Switzerland
Siber+Siber



Smoky Quartz gwindel, Juchlistock, Bern, Switzerland
Siber+Siber



Yellow and White Stellerite Balls, Malmberget Mine, Lappaland, Sweden
Unlabeled Swedish Case



Rare dendritic Chalcopyrite in matrix, Freiberg, Erzgebirge, Germany
Mineral Museum of Bonn, Germany, Poppelsdorfer Schloss



Green radiating Strontianite from the type locality of the Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Argyll, Scotland
National Museum of Scotland

This is our second post on the special exhibits of "Minerals of Western Europe." Altogether, I counted 36 cases that fit within the show theme. However, there were other exhibits not counted here related to theme, such as "Minerals of New Spain" (i.e. Mexico), and "Minerals of Russia." These will be included in our post on the non-themed exhibit pages. I also took plenty of photos of individual minerals within the showcases, and these will have a separate news article.

Smoky Quartz and gwindels from Switzerland
Marcus Budil



Minerals from the "Mineralogical Collection of Germany"
University of Technology Bergakademie Freiberg (Mining Academy)



Minerals of Western Europe - Highlights from the National Gem & Mineral Collection
Smithsonian Institution - National Museum of Natural History



Best of Species - Minerals of Western Europe
[Unlabeled Collection]



Minerals of Switzerland
[Unlabeled Collection]



Minerals of Europe
Arizona Historical Society Natural History Collection



Quartz Specimens from Germany and the Alps
Collection of William H. Wray



Minerals from the North of England
Collection of Lindsay and Patricia Greenbank



Rogerly Mine Fluorite
UK Mining Ventures Collection



West Cumbrian Iron Orefield
[Unlabeled Collection]



A Selection of English Minerals
Collection of William Severance



Minerals from the Erzberg, Steirmark (Styria), Austria
[Unlabeled Collection]



Minerals of Romania (technically Eastern Europe, but still included here)
Phil Richardson Collection



European Sphalerite
Les Presmyk Collection



Western European Fine Minerals
Gail and Jim Spann Collection



Minerals of Europe (especially Calcite)
Case Dedicated in Memoriam of William "Bill" Lawrence



Alpine Antiques - Included Quartz from Switzerland's Alpine Clefts, Collected at least 75 Years Ago
Jeff Glover Collection



Classic Minerals from Europe, Especially Germany
Wendel Minerals Collection