{"id":259,"date":"2011-02-08T00:12:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-08T00:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/tucsongemshow\/?guid=c869f5bcb4f8d418e2a1e0463319ebec"},"modified":"2011-02-08T00:12:11","modified_gmt":"2011-02-08T00:12:11","slug":"westward-look-fine-mineral-show-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/tucsongemshow\/2011\/02\/08\/westward-look-fine-mineral-show-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Westward Look Fine Mineral Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gorgeous minerals in a glorious setting….what more can you ask?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Just a few shots…click on the photo for a larger view.<\/p>\n

In the Bill Larson – Pala International Room:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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This multicolored Fluorite caught my eye. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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I don’t remember seeing African Rhodocrosite crystals before.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Rhodonite from Minas Geras in Brazil<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Pakistani Epidote<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Larson also had some of the Kunzite from the recent
find at the Oceanview Mine in Southern California <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

From Dave Bunk Minerals:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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Calcite with Chalcopyrite Sphalerite
and Quartz on Andradite<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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These big plates of Wulfenite always remind me of Tortilla Chips<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The Marcus Budil Suite featured gemmy Tanzanite crystals – more in matrix than previous years:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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Tanzanite Crystals from the source…<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Alpine Minerals – Virgin Valley Opal from the Rainbow Ridge Mine, Virgin Valley, NV:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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The Westward Look Fine Mineral Show<\/a> is one of three shows by this promoter – check out their shows in Houston and San Francisco too!<\/p>\n

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