Tucson Gem & Mineral Show - the "Main Show" - Tucson Gem Show

I love this ad from the Tucson Convention & Visitors Bureau featuring internationally known expert & collector, Peter Megaw, PhD…

Peter is the Exhibits Chair for the TGMS – this is excepted from the Fabre Mineral Forum:

Speaking as Exhibits Chair for the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show ™ I am pleased to announce that we will have some truly spectacular exhibits this year. The theme is Minerals of California and there are at least 40 museum and private exhibits playing to that theme including several “group-shoot” cases with pegmatite minerals from Southern California that should be superb. This will include the first public unveiling of a magnificent brand-new find from the Oceanview Mine…resetting the standard for California kunzite.

For those jaded with pegmatites…there will also be a strong showing of non-pegmatite species…including some secondary base metal species that may blow your mind.

We will also host the first US Showing of the 774 ounce “Ausrox Nugget” from Australia, the third largest in captivity…and pretty to boot! Another highlight is the first US Showing of the Caerhays-Williams collection of classic Cornwall minerals…recently rescued from obscurity in the basement of a Cornish manor house!

This year will also feature a group of 12 exhibits of Calcite, organized by a cadre of die-hard calcite collectors including Chuck Houser, Phil Richardson and Terry Huizing. This will include worldwide killers, pseudomorphs, twins, fossils, speleothems (sensu latu…ie not ripped from wild caves) and a half dozen locality cases.

Plus the usual array of competitive and other exhibits featuring the best minerals in the world…and dealers to buy them from.