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| marvinlewinsky wrote: | | Amazonite and cleavelandite with fluorite. Colorado. New to our collection. |
A killer specimen - wow!!!
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Gail
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| Posted: Feb 21, 2020 22:16 Post subject: Re: The Joy of Tucson, 2020 Gail Spann Experience |
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...It wasn't all play, we had a number of committee meetings while in Tucson. This one is for the Peabody Museum's advisory committee for the gem and mineral hall.
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| Posted: Feb 21, 2020 22:26 Post subject: Re: The Joy of Tucson, 2020 Gail Spann Experience |
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| Shameless plug for the Tellus museum event we are involved with. |
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Gail
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| Posted: Feb 23, 2020 22:42 Post subject: Re: The Joy of Tucson, 2020 Gail Spann Experience |
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...A big part of the fun of Tucson is the fine dining.
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Gail
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| Posted: Feb 23, 2020 22:47 Post subject: Re: The Joy of Tucson, 2020 Gail Spann Experience |
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| Posted: Feb 23, 2020 22:54 Post subject: Re: The Joy of Tucson, 2020 Gail Spann Experience |
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| Posted: Feb 23, 2020 23:14 Post subject: Re: The Joy of Tucson, 2020 Gail Spann Experience |
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...I chose to put in my own case to honor the Malmberget finds of Peter Lyckberg. He is amazing.
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| Posted: Feb 23, 2020 23:20 Post subject: Re: The Joy of Tucson, 2020 Gail Spann Experience |
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| WE ran into Shelly Seargent putting in her case. |
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| Posted: Feb 23, 2020 23:22 Post subject: Re: The Joy of Tucson, 2020 Gail Spann Experience |
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| Posted: Feb 23, 2020 23:26 Post subject: Re: The Joy of Tucson, 2020 Gail Spann Experience |
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| Posted: Feb 23, 2020 23:36 Post subject: Re: The Joy of Tucson, 2020 Gail Spann Experience |
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| Posted: Feb 23, 2020 23:41 Post subject: Re: The Joy of Tucson, 2020 Gail Spann Experience |
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...some local scenery
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| Posted: Feb 23, 2020 23:46 Post subject: Re: The Joy of Tucson, 2020 Gail Spann Experience |
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| Posted: Feb 23, 2020 23:54 Post subject: Re: The Joy of Tucson, 2020 Gail Spann Experience |
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| Posted: Feb 24, 2020 00:00 Post subject: Re: The Joy of Tucson, 2020 Gail Spann Experience |
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| Posted: Feb 24, 2020 00:02 Post subject: Re: The Joy of Tucson, 2020 Gail Spann Experience |
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| Posted: Feb 24, 2020 00:07 Post subject: Re: The Joy of Tucson, 2020 Gail Spann Experience |
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| Posted: Feb 24, 2020 11:25 Post subject: Re: The Joy of Tucson, 2020 Gail Spann Experience |
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| Posted: Feb 24, 2020 11:29 Post subject: Re: The Joy of Tucson, 2020 Gail Spann Experience |
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| Our son, Tom, took the time to photo some of Patrick Dreher's work and my Dreher Mouse, Tito. |
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| Posted: Feb 24, 2020 11:33 Post subject: Re: The Joy of Tucson, 2020 Gail Spann Experience |
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