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crocoite
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Posted: Feb 07, 2014 23:03 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2014 |
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Hi Felix. It came from a reputable source and appears to be heftyer than wolframite.
Although having had a closer look, the terminations don't look right for tantalite. Think it will go back.
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Posted: Feb 08, 2014 08:32 Post subject: Tucson Show 2014 - The middle weekend |
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Tucson 02/08/2014
This weekend is the nicest time (at least for me) of the Show, many new people is arriving to attend the Main Show and take a look in the Hotels and the Westward Look. Everything is ready, non stress currently... my favorite days! ;-)
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Robert Brandstetter doing photos for his fine yearly column of Tucson Show for the german magazine Lapis |
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The "Globular" Arizona Mineral & Fossil Show ;-) |
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crocoite
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Posted: Feb 08, 2014 09:46 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2014 |
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This forum is one of the most useful around. In Tucson, the pace is so fast that it is easy to make mistakes. This applies to collectors and dealers. Decisions are made quickly, there is so much to see, choose and do.
My "tantalite" is a good example. Having examined the specimen closer, the terminations are not right for tantalite. I made an error. The dealer made an error. All very innocent.
Thank you Felix for your contribution, and to others here at Tucson.
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John S. White
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Posted: Feb 08, 2014 23:56 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2014 |
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The parking tsar at Zinnsuites Victor Rzonca well protected from the very cool weather. |
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The wonderful Peter Lyckberg and his greatly bearded brother. |
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Jordi Fabre
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Posted: Feb 09, 2014 09:42 Post subject: Tucson Show 2014 - The Liebetrau's Collection |
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Tucson 2014/02/09
Yesterday the Liebetrau's displayed part of his collection in the Westward Look, it was a one day exhibit.
Here you have some shots of the exhibit.
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Posted: Feb 09, 2014 09:57 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2014 |
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Great Basin Minerals have been busy mining at the Rowley Mine over the past year and have produced lots of very attractive wulfenite and mimetite specimens. Many of these are thumbnails, some quite fragile, but very nice.
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Wulfenite Rowley Mine, Maricopa Co, Arizona About 1 cm across |
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Posted: Feb 09, 2014 10:51 Post subject: Tucson Show 2014 - New extraordinary Opal (hyalite) "fosforito" from Mexico |
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One of the advantages which the fair Tucson is that is so long that some new find can appear within the Fair...
As explained in: https://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/viewtopic.php?p=36968#36968 FABULOUS new Opal (var. Hyalite) have recently appeared somewhere in Central Mexico and its color/fluorescence in daylight is AMAZING. We apologize for so much admiration but honestly, they are extraordinary.
In fact they are so different than any other (just a little bit close to the Namibian ones) that we named it as "fosforito" Opal.
Fosforito name in Spanish language means: "hiper glow", so we believe it correspond well to these "fosforito" Opals ;-)
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Opal (var.Hyalite) "fosforito" Central Mexico 6 x 5 cm
Believe it or not this is the more or less REAL color of these Hyalites daylight (no sunlight, just daylight) |
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John Cornish
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Posted: Feb 09, 2014 13:42 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2014 |
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Hi Everyone!
Jordi asked that I add a bit to this ongoing report. Sadly, I won't be able to contribute much as I run my room solo and thus do not get the chance to range about as freely as others. Still, friends have visited and have shared some extraordinary specimens. Among these were a terrific, sharp 10 carat octahedron of green diamond; A flat of stellar Milpilias-like, bright and glorious miniatures of azurite from Laos; Several flats of rubellite from Russia, crystals up to 24cm in length with bright, lustrous terminations of a rich yummy cranberry-red color; Another large lot of newly mined tourmalines, this time from the Havey Quarry in Maine, crystals up to 10cm in length and all a spectacular vibrant gemmy green-blue color; and a score of other goodies... Man, oh man, I love Tucson, this magical Mecca where treasure is the talk of the town!
Of the rooms I've seen, I've thrilled to stellar crocoites, smoky and amazonite combo's and sadly, that's about it. I could wax poetic about my own room and its treasures, but that wouldn't be right (Thanks Matt for sharing the photos you took earlier in the show).
I hope your able to make the show, Westward Look finishes soon and then hot on its heels is the Main Show. I'll still be here at Inn Suites, stop by and say hello if you're about and most importantly, have a great show!
All the very best everyone, take care,
John
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Jordi Fabre
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Posted: Feb 10, 2014 10:55 Post subject: Tucson Show 2014 - The Master in action |
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Tucson 2014/02/10
One of the most impressive things happening in Tucson these days is to see the Master John S. White in action.
Here we can see his hectic activity, sometimes well sit in his easychair ;-)
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Here you can see him teaching John Rakovan (Miami University, Ohio) and Mark Mauthner |
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teaching and teaching... ;-) |
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And here with Chris J. Stefano, the new Associate Curator of the worldwide recognized A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum (BTW congratulations Chris) |
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Note the position of the body of Máster John indicating tensión and activity! ;-) |
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Even the Triceratops behind is coming running to hear the lesson! ;-) |
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Jean Sendero
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Posted: Feb 10, 2014 19:33 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2014 |
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A few pics of Mexican specimens that caught my at the Westward Look. Sure there were a lot more specimens of Mexican origin, azurite, cuprite, malachite from Milpillas as every where else, and some older specimens. But these are the cool ones that really got me.
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Legrandite Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico Crystal app 6-7 cm long In Unique Minerals Room |
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Arsenopyrite Santo Domingo, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico Crystal app 5-6 cm |
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Rhodocrosite with Amethyst Level 4, Mantos Los Remedios, Mina Los Remedios, Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico app 15 cm high From a very small find in 1999 or if not from that one, pretty similar material came out in 1999. Nice spelling error on the carved acrylic base. In Rob Lavinsky Room |
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Wulfenite and Mimetite Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico App 6 - 7cm From the March-April 2013 find that hit the market in Houston. Very large wulfenite for the find. This one is in the several cm size while the average size is less than 1 cm. In Rob Lavinsky Room |
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Scheelite Guadalupana Mine, Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico Crystal app 5-6 cm Just a smoking scheelite for this location better known for its velvety black tourmaline. In Rob Lavinsky Room |
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Andradite on Hedenbergite Serifos Islands, Greece Cabinet Something that is not Mexican but I thought was pretty cool. After showing the photo to a few people, I realized that garnet from this locality are not uncommon but, they are pretty cool looking Graeber and Hynes Room |
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Posted: Feb 10, 2014 20:08 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2014 |
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One more from the Tucson City Centre Hotel
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Pyrite Mina Maria, Cananea, Sonora, Mexico Look at the dollar bill for the size Just a killer size specimen, lustrous faces etc... Must have a weight of 25 to 30 kg. In Xtal Room |
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Deb Roman
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Posted: Feb 10, 2014 21:59 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2014 |
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Quartz aficionados will be interested in seeing the Japan law twins offered by Japanese dealer Takeda Kozo in the Tucson City Center (Inn Suites). These are from the namesake location of this Quartz form. First described by a German researcher in 1875, the term becoming commonplace by 1905 (though twins were known from other locations previously). Some of the specimens offered were collected 60 - 100 years ago, and have interesting pedigrees. It's not every day you get to see Japan law twins from Japan!
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Japan law Quartz Otome mine, Yamanashi Perfection, Japan
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Posted: Feb 10, 2014 23:21 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2014 |
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One of the "novelties" seen today were these Azurite nodules, recently collected in the oxidation zone of the Rubtsovskiy Mine in Siberia, Russia. They are found loose in clay. Those that have nice Azurite crystal on the outside are sold as is. Those with rough, uncrystallized exteriors are sliced to reveal the Azurite within and polished. These were seen in the room of Mikhail Anosov (Russian Minerals Co.) in the Hotel City Center (Inn Suites).
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Azurite nodules Rubtsovskiy mine, Altaiskiy Krai, Siberia, Russia
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Posted: Feb 10, 2014 23:24 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2014 |
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Sliced, polished Azurite nodules.
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Azurite Rubtsovskiy mine, Altaiskiy Krai, Siberia, Russia
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Pierre Joubert
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Posted: Feb 11, 2014 04:26 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2014 |
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The legrandite specimen is stunning and very well photographed. I also love the azurite 'geodes' from Russia. Thank you for showing us the photos.
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Posted: Feb 11, 2014 10:02 Post subject: Tucson Show 2014 - Tom Moore |
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Tucson 2014/02/11
Tom Moore is the indefatigable correspondent of the Mineralogical Record magazine, he runs around Tucson every day and practically nothing escapes to his supervision. Thanks to him we know through his articles in MR and the online section What's New in the Mineral World which are the novelties in the world of minerals, from the smallest to the largest.
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Deb Roman
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Posted: Feb 11, 2014 10:19 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2014 |
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Many dealers this year are offering specimens of attractive bright, brassy Chalcopyrite with lenticular brownish Siderite, from Bijie, Guizhou Province, China. But a few dealers (the one pictured below from the Karp dealer) had plates of Siderite alone. While most were the common form of lenitular xl to about 3 cm, some, like this one, showed an unusual habit, with very thin plates of Siderite, seemingly in parallel growth. They have a micaceous luster on some faces, giving the appearance of fish scales. I had never seen Siderite quite like it before.
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Siderite Luzhi or Hezhang, Guizhou Province, China |
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Posted: Feb 11, 2014 10:19 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2014 |
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Deb Roman wrote: | Siderite
Luzhi or Hezhang, Guizhou Province, China |
The right locality for these Chalcopyrites and Siderites is: Kaiwu Mine, Hezhang County, Bijie Prefecture, Guizhou, China, as you can see here: The right details for the new Chinese Chalcopyrites with Siderite!
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Posted: Feb 12, 2014 01:11 Post subject: Tucson Show 2014 - Gail is back |
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Tucson 2014/02/11
Gail is back. Expect hundreds of photos in her thread: Tucson 2014 Show Report, Gail Spann Having Fun Again...! ;-)
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Gail is multiplied to give hugs to everyone who wants to say "Hi" ;-) |
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Yes, Gail is back! (and Jim as well) |
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A nice talk from Gail today in the Pueblo: "The Contuining Perspectives of a Woman Collector" |
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And another talk to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the "Mineralogical Almanac" Russian magazine |
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GneissWare
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Posted: Feb 12, 2014 21:20 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2014 - Gail is back |
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Jordi Fabre wrote: | Gail is back. |
Gail,
It is so nice to see you, and in such good humor. You are very inspirational! Have fun at the show!!!
Bob
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