Mineral Specimens For The Advanced Collector
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This year in Tucson we all knew that there was the typical “Tucson Crud” (aka flu) going around but also knew , from the lack of Chinese attending, that there was something new. Many of the Chinese that did attend wore masks, but that is not unusual so we were not too concerned. However, being …
It’s ironic how, by the end of a 3+ week Tucson run we are ready to pack it up for next year,and,suddenly, it’s next year! I will attempt to familiarize you with what a mineral dealer does to prepare for Four shows over three weeks. For us, it is first getting Mineral City Rm27 fixed …
We have been busy chasing down new material and have been successful in picking up quite a bit of both wholesale and retail specimens. New for wholesale are Sapo Mine apatites, mimetite miniatures from Iran, fluorites from China and USA, dioptase with wulfenites and colorless hemimorphites from the Congo. There will also be a wide …
This question comes up often, and it bears a look at the past with an eye on the future. Back in the day (say 1980’s) reasonably good specimens could be found for $75-$200. Many localities were in their heyday of producing (think Ojuela, Southern Illinois, Brazil, Tsumeb, Manganese Fields of Africa). New specimens were coming …