#TucsonGemShow - V.I.P. Previews - #VeryImportantPieces

This is an assortment of pieces that are worth taking the time to go to a new show for....


First - Amanda Adkins - Colorado Rocks 
            22nd Street Show - Booth 31
            22nd Street at the 10 Fwy.

            Fluorite on Iridescent  Sphalerite
            American Gems & Minerals

Troy Newman's - Outlaw Rocks
Pueblo Gem and Mineral Show 

Arizona Riverpark Inn

in the Riverpark Room, Booth 2 

Oregon Pink Opal, Fire Opal and Davis Creek Rainbow Obsidian

 

New Era Gems always has something worth the trip but this year Steve has outdone himself!!!!

New Era Gems

Pueblo Gem and Mineral Show 

Arizona Riverpark Inn Room 108 & 110

...a 420 carat Tanzanite Crystal

Take a minute to stop in and see these folks!

#TucsonGemShow - Pueblo Gem & Mineral Show Announces Line Up For Fifth Annual Mineral Lecture Series

THE PUEBLO GEM and MINERAL SHOW

January 30th - February 11th 2015

At The Riverpark Inn, Tucson Arizona USA

Requests the Pleasure of your Company

At The Following Events 

2015 TUCSON MINERAL LECTURE SERIES 

at the Pueblo Gem & Mineral Show

The 2015 Tucson Mineral Lectures Series has been announced by the Pueblo Gem & Mineral Show, the program for its Fifth Annual Mineral Lecture Series offers luminaries in the Mineral field - Museum Curator, Volcanologist, Author, Collector, Geologist and more.

This event is open to all and you will find this group to be. as I have,  some of the smartest and most welcoming people in the Industry! 

Thank you once again to Maury and Aisha for assembling such a distinguished line up...much appreciated!

You are getting a sneak preview of the talk by John White...it made me want to be there!  

Held in the courtyard of the International Fine Mineral Building 
at the Pueblo Gem & Mineral Show ….. means there will be plenty of free parking.

6:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. / 9:15 to 9:45 p.m.
Hosted Wine and Cheese Reception 

MONDAY:  FEBRUARY 9th

7:15 - 7:50 pm 

John S. White, former Curator-In-Charge, Mineral Division, Smithsonian Institution

"Reminiscences of a Very Old Former Curator"

John White's "Reminiscences of an Old Former Curator" was originally delivered to the 2013 Rochester Mineralogical Symposium. White is the founder of Mineralogical Record and retired as Curator-in-Charge of the Division of Mineralogy at the Smithsonian Institution. White's presentation includes personal anecdotes that will delight the mineral and gemstone enthusiast. via Pala International

8:00 - 8:30 pm 


Bob Jones, Sr. Editor, Rock & Gem Magazine

"Tucson: How It All Began"

8:40 - 9:15  pm 


Marco Campos-Venuti, Volcanologist

 "Genesis and Classification of Agates and Jaspers: A new Theory"




TUESDAY:  FEBRUARY 10th

7:15 - 7:50 pm

 Dr. Don Lum


"Minerals I have Known and Loved"

8:00 - 8:30 pm

Peter Megaw, 

"An Explorer's Mineralogical  Adventures 
  in Famous Mexican Localities"

8:40 – 9:15 pm

Federico Barlocher



FILM: "Namak Mandi Peshawar Pakistan:  
The Mysteries & Secrets of The Legendary Gem Crystal Market Never Seen By The Public Before"

A BIG Thank You to Maury Destouet the General Manager of the Pueblo Gem & Mineral Show and the always polished Aisha Jan for assembling an amazing group of Experts for this Lecture Series. 

"I have the honor and pleasure to select the guest speakers and to assist in the organization of these events. Our company Rocksaholics is a proud participant of this show."

Aisha & Arif Jan, Rocksaholics, LLC

Pueblo Gem & Mineral Show Announces 2014 Lecture Series....

THE PUEBLO GEM and MINERAL SHOW

January 31st - 12th 2014

At The Riverpark Inn, Tucson Arizona USA

Requests the Pleasure of your Company

At The Following Events 

To Be Held In 

THE INTERNATIONAL FINE MINERAL BUILDING

FEBRUARY 4th

7.00 P.M: STANLEY KEITH 

OF MAGMACHEM EXPLORATION ARIZONA, USA

PRESENTS

“New Ideas on the Origin of Oil: 

A Herkimer Diamond Case History from New York”

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7.30 P.M: JOLYON RALPH 

FOUNDER OF MINDAT.ORG

PRESENTS

“Mindat and Its Uses”

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8.00 P.M: REFRESHMENTS SERVED.

FEBRUARY 6th

7 P.M: JEFF SWANGER

OWNER/OPERATOR OCEANVIEW MINE PALA CALIFORNIA USA

PRESENTS

“Recent Workings at Chief Mountain”

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7.30 P.M. DR. DAVID LONDON

AUTHOR OF THE BOOK “PEGMATITES”

PROFESSOR AT THE SCHOOL OF GEOLOGY 

and GEOPHYSICS UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA USA

PRESENTS

“A Collectors Guide to Pegmatites and Their Minerals”

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8.00 P.M: REFRESHMENTS SERVED

FEBRUARY 10th

7 P.M: FEDERICO BARLOCHER

INTERNATIONAL VIDEOGRAPHER 

FROM MILAN ITALY AND A PROMINENT 

DEALER OF HIGH QUALITY UNHEATED 

BURMESE GEMS 

PRESENTS

“Mogok Myanmar (Burma): 

A secret overview of the most famous 

mining area for colored stones in the history of gems”

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7:45 P.M: DR. FEDERICO PEZZOTTA, PH.D. 

PETROLOGISTS, MINEROLOGY MUSEUM CURATOR, 

MUSEO di STORIA NATURALE, MILANO, ITALY

PRESENTS
" Color Zoning in multicolored gem Tourmaline"

8:15 P.M: REFRESHMENTS SERVED

FEBRUARY 11th

7 P.M: GAIL COPUS SPANN

DALLAS, TEXAS, USA 

RENOWNED COLLECTOR OF FINE MINERALS

PRESENTS

“The Continuing Perspectives of A Woman Collector"

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7.45 P.M: MICHAEL LEYBOV and LUDMILA CHESHKO

OF THE MINERALOGICAL ALMANAC FROM MOSCOW RUSSIA

PRESENTS

“Celebrate 20 Years In Mineralogical Publishing”

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8.15 P.M: REFRESHMENTS SERVED

Thanks to Maury Destouet the General Manager of the Pueblo Gem & Mineral Show and the always polished Aisha Jan for assembling an amazing group of Experts for this Lecture Series.

"I have the honor and pleasure to select the guest speakers and to assist in the organization of these events. Our company Rocksaholics is a proud participant of this show."

Photo Credit: 
Herkimer Diamond via the Crystal Concentric Blog  http://crystalconcentric.wordpress.com/
Pegmatite and Barlocher photos from their Facebook pages 
Gail's mineral photo from the "Gail's Collection" Gallery on the Fabre Mineral Forum