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var ACE_AR = {Site: ’823065’, Size: ’468060’, CallType: ’IFRAME’}; Minerals.net Complete Information Guide to Rocks, Minerals, & Gemstones Minerals Minerals & Varieties View All Minerals View by Alphabetical Order Varieties and Other Names Mineral Search Filter Minerals Filter by Chemical Group Filter by Color Filter by Streak Filter by Hardness Filter by Crystal Group Most Visited Minerals Quartz Diamond Pyrite Gold Fluorite Amethyst Gypsum Calcite Galena Talc Gemstones Gemstones View All Gemstones Gemstone Varieties This Month’s Birthstone Emerald Gemstones By Color Metallic White Colorless Blue Red Green Yellow Orange Pink Purple Banded Multicolored Most Visited Gemstones Ruby Sapphire Topaz Agate Garnet Quartz Tourmaline Jasper Zircon Emerald Research What is a Rock & What is a Mineral Mineral Properties Color Streak Hardness Specific Gravity Luster Cleavage, Fracture Tenacity Chemical Properties of Minerals Birthstones Top 5 Tips for Diamond Buying Trends in Mineral Collecting All Research Topics Q&A View Posted Questions Ask A Question Most Popular Questions Newest Questions News News Blog Twitter News Feed Follow us on Pinterest Glossary Photo Gallery Gallery Home Mineral Photo Gallery Gemstone Photo Gallery Videos View All Videos View Minerals.net Videos View Our YouTube Channel Directory Add Your Free Listing Gemstones Mineral Dealers Online Reference Sites Mineral Publications Museums Gemstone Blogs Gemstone ShowThe 2023 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show® May 1, 2023 Hershel Friedman (0) The highlight of the mineral and gemstone events every February is the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show®. This is a very large show that takes place in the spacious Tucson Convention Center, and it is the grand finale of the myriad of mineral and gemstone events throughout the city. From the end of January through mid-February, the city of Tucson is bustling with activity related to minerals and gemstones. Although the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show®, also known as the "main show" continues to lose important dealers to other more permanent mineral venues throughout the city, it still has a very strong presence of dealers as well as the best and most expansive exhibits of any mineral show on earth. As far as activity in Tucson, with the InnSuites show now a relic of the past, the Mineral City show and the surrounding area have become the main center of activity for serious collectors. There are also the more permanent, year-round galleries that have opened up with several prominent dealers changing the way they handle Tucson. I arrived at the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show® on opening day on Thursday, February 9. Foot traffic was heavy, and there were many amazing exhibits. The show was more spacious with many of the big dealers no longer at the show, but the show staff did a good job of spacing the exhibits and dealers strategically so the void wasn’t as noticeable as it was last year. This first post of Tucson 2023 introduces the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show®. The theme of this year’s show was SILICA: Agates and Opals and Quartz, Oh My!” This translated into minerals of the quartz family, and there was plenty of fabulous Quartz , Chalcedony , and Agate s to be seen. (There wasn’t much in the way of Opal s though.) In addition to the main show, I’ll post a show report for the Mineral City show and the surrounding area which includes the Just Rocks show and the La Fuente show. I also visited the Tucson Fine Mineral Gallery and will include a post on that. This page will serve as an index for the main show. I’ll be creating posts for the Dealer minerals, display exhibits, and display minerals. Stay tuned and check back for additional links added to this page. I am pleased to announce that going forward, we’ll be using an Instagram gallery to display our photos of our news and show reports. This will be easier for us to manage and allow the photos to be shared with a much broader audience. 1 33.92 Untitled Widget yourwebsite.com tucsonshowintro Maaliwalas Theme 1 0 5 15 3 0 1 1 1 1 30 #555555 #000000 0.6 1 1 #ffffff #555555 #3480dc #a2bec4 #ffffff #212529 #0280fe #57a9f7 1 1 1 Lato Lato 25 55 Load more posts... #435b77 #ffffff #3480dc #ffffff 6 2 1 145968 13 6 instagram-hashtag-feed sk-ww-instagram-hashtag-feed Instagram Hashtag Feed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 #tucsonshowintro A fabulous display including a very large cut #quartz on display at the 2023 @tgmsociety show. Hershel Friedman www.minerals.net photo. #quartzcrystal #minrals #crystals #quartzcrystals #mineral #tucsonshowintro #tucson2023 10min A giant #quartz #crystal, I believe this one is from #Arkansas. Featured in a display at the 2023 #tucson @tgmsociety show. Hershel Friedman www.minerals.net photo. #minerals #crystals #mineralspecimen #mineral #quartzcrystal #rockcrystal #quartzcrystals #tucsonshowintro #heshyquartz #tgms2023 1 1 16min More photos of the show floor, taken from above, of the 2023 #tucson @tgmsociety show! Hershel Friedman www.minerals.net photo. #tucsonshowintro #tgms2023main 1 1 22min This is a new account for @mineralsnet where I will post photos specifically for mineral and gem show reports of the major shows. Here is the show floor of the 2023 #tucson @tgmsociety show! Hershel Friedman www.minerals.net photo. #tgms2023 #tucsonshowintro 1 1 25min A crazy rounded #malachite polished with concentric banding. Seen at the 2023 @tgmsociety show. Hershel Friedman www.minerals.net photo. #minerals #crystals #mineralspecimen #mineral #tucsonshowintro 2 97 21d #Rosequartz #crystals on display at the @tgmsociety show from Parun, #Nuristan #afghanistan. Hershel Friedman www.minerals.net photo. #minerals #quartzcrystal #rosequartzcrystal #mineralspecimen #gemstone #quartz #crystal #mineral #rosequartzcrystals #mineral #gemstones #tucsonshowintro 3 70 22d A fabulous #japanlaw #twin #quartz #crystal from #ganesh himal, #dhading district, #bagmati pradesh, #nepal. Featured at the 2023 #tucson @tgmsociety show. Hershel Friedman www.minerals.net photo. #minerals #mineralspecimen #quartzcrystal #rockcrystal #japanlawtwin #crystals #mineral #quartzcrystals #tucsonshowintro 2 243 25d The famous Sidi Rahhal #Quartz, a unique quartz #crystal epimorph after an unknown hoppered crystal, From Sidi Rahhal, #marrakech #Morocco. From the @yale @yalepeabodymuseum display at the 2023 #tucson @tgmsociety show. Hershel Friedman www.minerals.net photo. #minerals #crystals #mineralspecimen #mineral #quartzcrystal #tucsonshowintro 4 153 26d A polished slice of #concentric #malachite #crystals in the shape of a #bunny #rabbit. Seen at the 2023 #tucson @tgmsociety show as one of the main exhibits. Hershel Friedman www.minerals.net photo. #minerals #mineralspecimen #mineral #crystal #tucsonshowintro 2 139 27d A really cool #Mangoquartz cluster of #crystals from #cabiche, #quipama #Boyaca #colombia. Seen at the 2023 #tucson @tgmsociety show from a featured display by @zigamineral. Hershel Friedman www.minerals.net photo. #minerals #mineralspecimen #quartz #crystal #quartzcrystals #mineral #tucsonshowintro 5 124 28d #tucsonshowintro A fabulous display including a very large cut #quartz on display at the 2023 @tgmsociety show. Hershel Friedman www.minerals.net photo. #quartzcrystal #minrals #crystals #quartzcrystals #mineral #tucsonshowintro #tucson2023 1d A giant #quartz #crystal, I believe this one is from #Arkansas. Featured in a display at the 2023 #tucson @tgmsociety show. Hershel Friedman www.minerals.net photo. #minerals #crystals #mineralspecimen #mineral #quartzcrystal #rockcrystal #quartzcrystals #tucsonshowintro #heshyquartz #tgms2023 1 1 1d More photos of the show floor, taken from above, of the 2023 #tucson @tgmsociety show! Hershel Friedman www.minerals.net photo. #tucsonshowintro #tgms2023main 1 1 1d This is a new account for @mineralsnet where I will post photos specifically for mineral and gem show reports of the major shows. Here is the show floor of the 2023 #tucson @tgmsociety show! Hershel Friedman www.minerals.net...