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Posted: Jan 04, 2017 03:43 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2017 |
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Looking forward to following our European correspondent :)
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Posted: Jan 05, 2017 04:31 Post subject: Tucson Show 2017 - The fine mini-guide from Tom Moore / Mineralogical Record |
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Barcelona 01/03/2017
Great addition just recently published by the great Tom Moore from the not less good Mineralogical Record in the excellent What’s New in the Mineral World? section which time to time referencing on line the novelties that appear in the different web pages as well as in the mineral Shows.
As you will see below the Tom's text is very instructive. It will be one of my guides during my stay in Tucson!
Here you have this so helpful mini-guide published in the bottom of the What’s New in the Mineral World? - Report #45
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Posted: Jan 07, 2017 05:54 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2017 |
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A flier for a very good little show.
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Posted: Jan 14, 2017 11:09 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2017 |
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Great info! It helps immensely as this will be my first Tucson.
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Posted: Jan 14, 2017 16:08 Post subject: New - Crocoite with Dundasite and two excellent cerussites |
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Adam Wright and Erika Aheimer arrived in Tucson today and unpacked the new Adelaide Mine crocoite shipment for the 2017 Tucson Show. The new item this year is wonderful crocoite with dundasite from the "under the red river" zone. It appears to be a one time find and was hit on October 12, 2016 in time to be collected, cleaned and mounted for shipment for this year's show. Some photos follow.
Also found this year were two excellent cerussite specimen - delicate and complete. An amazing collecting success to get these out. Photos follow.
Enjoy,
bob
Mineral: | Crocoite |
Locality: | Adelaide Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan District, West Coast Council, Tasmania, Australia | |
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Mineral: | Crocoite |
Locality: | Adelaide Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan District, West Coast Council, Tasmania, Australia | |
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Locality: | Adelaide Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan District, West Coast Council, Tasmania, Australia | |
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a close-up of the largest dundasite on crocoite specimen |
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Mineral: | Crocoite |
Locality: | Adelaide Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan District, West Coast Council, Tasmania, Australia | |
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Mineral: | Crocoite |
Locality: | Adelaide Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan District, West Coast Council, Tasmania, Australia | |
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another variation on the dundasite theme |
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Locality: | Adelaide Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan District, West Coast Council, Tasmania, Australia | |
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another incredible specimen |
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Mineral: | Cerussite |
Locality: | Adelaide Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan District, West Coast Council, Tasmania, Australia | |
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beautiful - and complete - cerussite sixlings |
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Mineral: | Cerussite |
Locality: | Adelaide Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan District, West Coast Council, Tasmania, Australia | |
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Mineral: | Cerussite |
Locality: | Adelaide Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan District, West Coast Council, Tasmania, Australia | |
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Mineral: | Dundasite on Crocoite |
Locality: | Adelaide Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan District, West Coast Council, Tasmania, Australia | |
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Botryoidal Dundasite totally covering crocoite |
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Posted: Jan 15, 2017 02:43 Post subject: Re: New - Crocoite with Dundasite and two excellent cerussites |
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Outstanding beauties, Bob, the one on DSCN5900a.jpg is my favourite, how large is this specimen?
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bob kerr
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Posted: Jan 15, 2017 10:18 Post subject: Re: New - Crocoite with Dundasite and two excellent cerussites |
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Tobi wrote: | Outstanding beauties, Bob, the one on DSCN5900a.jpg is my favourite, how large is this specimen? |
sorry - my mistake to not include the size - it is 11cm across.
here's another of these great pieces - 12 cm across
bob
Mineral: | Dundasite on Crocoite |
Locality: | Adelaide Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan District, West Coast Council, Tasmania, Australia | |
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Dimensions: | 12 cm across |
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trees of bright orange crocoite coated with white dundasite |
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Posted: Jan 15, 2017 13:15 Post subject: Re: New - Crocoite with Dundasite and two excellent cerussites |
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bob kerr wrote: | Dundasite on Crocoite
Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Zeehan District, Tasmania, Australia
12 cm across | Spectacular specimen! I love that colour contrast between white and vivid red, simply great :-)
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bob kerr
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Posted: Jan 15, 2017 15:09 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2017 |
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here's a better photo of that large crocoite with dundasite specimen - this is from the Adelaide Mine web site - much better than I could do.
bob
Mineral: | Dundasite on Crocoite |
Locality: | Adelaide Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan District, West Coast Council, Tasmania, Australia | |
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Dimensions: | 20 cm wide |
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Posted: Jan 18, 2017 13:25 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2017 |
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The great flyer of the 2017 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show® (Main Show) courtesy of the Tucson Gem and Mineral Society.
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Posted: Jan 22, 2017 12:41 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2017 |
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Jordi Fabre wrote: | ...just before to start my annual pilgrimage to Tucson... |
And my cat, who knows it, is depressed...
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Posted: Jan 22, 2017 12:41 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2017 |
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Jordi Fabre wrote: | Barcelona 01/22/2017
And just before to start my annual pilgrimage to Tucson |
Safe travels Jordi!
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Posted: Jan 23, 2017 20:46 Post subject: More to be aware of |
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I spent much of today at the HTCC - in setup mode right now but maybe a dozen rooms are open - and there's already some fakes running around.
- there are some "thompsonites on stilbites" which Hemant Merchant assures me are in reality oiled mesolites.
- he also said to beware of any deccan stalagtites - many have been found to be manufactured - glued or epoxied so professionally that even he was fooled.
- there are golden marcasite nodules from Madagascar that are indeed complete marcasite nodules, but the color is chemically induced.
I have a photo of the marcasite and plan to post the others - and maybe more - tomorrow.
bob
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Posted: Jan 24, 2017 21:38 Post subject: Re: Tucson Show 2017 |
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here's a photo of one of the thompsonites - fake?? caveat emptor
bob
Mineral: | Thompsonite? and stilbite |
Locality: | Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India | |
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Posted: Jan 25, 2017 11:50 Post subject: Tucson 2017 - Parking in the TCC-Inn Suites Hotel |
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Tucson 01/25/2017
Good news for all the visitors and dealers of the Hotel Tucson City Center-Inn Suites. Finally it will be available the same parking lot than past years.
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European correspondent of the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show®
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Posted: Jan 26, 2017 23:56 Post subject: Tucson Show 2017 - The first days |
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Tucson 01/27/2017
Already operative let me summarize these last days in which I almost had no time to sleep or eat.
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Landing in Los Angeles, my last connecting flight before Tucson and where everything was wrong: problems with customs, huge delay on my flight and finally suitcases lost... |
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...so arriving to Tucson so late that the corridor of my sleeping room and the whole Hotel had no signs of life... |
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...but on Tuesday the things normalized. The Hotel has the grass green again... |
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...as well as several changes, like for example this big tent in front of my former room #164 now occupied by the fine German dealer Wolfgang Wendel... |
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...and several dealers were already open like for example Teodocio Ramos and family... |
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Posted: Jan 27, 2017 09:59 Post subject: Tucson Show 2017 - The first days |
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...but yesterday the Monsters also arrived! ;-)
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New kid in the neighborhood, the Gila Monster... |
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...and take care with the Monsters, this year seems to be more aggressive. Here they are trying to encircle Dmitry Belakovski and their friends... |
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...luckily the arrival of the night saved all fears and tomorrow almost all dealers will be ready to offer their "nature miracles" and I will be here chronicling the facts during the whole Show! ;-)
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