Date(s): February 17, 2007. Album by Judy Miller. 1 - 166 of 166 Total. 18012 Visits.
1 Be sure to click on this photo to enlarge it. You will enjoy the view of Tucson from the "A" hill. "A" for the University of Arizona, housed in Tucson.
There is a Clarion venue, the Holiday Inn, the Inn Suites and tons more. There was even a gem tent and jewelry displays at our RV park. It was a stop on the gem shuttle.
5 Titled "The American Woman", this is a marble sculpture done by Francisco of Colorado.
The original block of marble weighed 21 tons! It now weighs 5 tons. This is all ONE piece. "wesome. What a craftsman" View Comments...
6 Finished in 2003, the artist does not rough out the sculpture on the marble, he completes each element as he goes. The figure emerges from the stone.
7 Just an example of a hand. The American Woman measures 124" X 62" X 84".
8 This sculpture is the only one in the world that has extended eyelashes.
9 Here is Francisco, the artist, signing a piece of the left over marble to Brian, my grandson.
10 My tour of Tucson in this album starts here at the venue called Electric Park.
A series of tents containing A to Z in rock hound, beader, lapidary and jewelry enthusiast's dreams.
24 The tents are lined up, and in some cases, the dealers are living in their RVs just behind the tents.
25 Can you see the RVs tucked in there?
26 Well.....there is a leash law,.....and he IS on a leash. :) He was a very nice, polite doggie.
27 Click on this one for an effective note.
Okenite geodes.
28 This is one of the HUGE tents throughout the city.
29 I just love this. This is a tree who was here first, before the tent was erected. Glen is in the background examining a rock or two.
30 This is the Days Inn. Another venue. The entire motel is rented to vendors, and they display their wares inside the room, and outside the room.
31 Crystals at the Days Inn.
32 This is the start of the Gem and Mineral Show photos. This show is in the Tucson convention center.
This lady has some geodes, surfaces polished.
33 The blue is amazonite, and the amber color is calcite. You KNOW what the purple is. :)
34 Here are some amethyst carvings. All kinds of little animals. I turned over an elephant to look at the price. I was considering it for Brian, my grandson. Well....he is 7, and I thought the 325.00 for the little elephant was a bit much for him.
I laughed and told the lady what I was looking for, and she fished around in her purse and came up with an amethyst polished little stone for him. No charge. What a nice lady!
35 This whole display is amethyst.
36 Here are a few amethyst geodes and cathedrals.
37 Isn't he cute!!! He is an amethyst hedgehog, and is only 1200.00. Click on him to see the detailed carving.
39 Ammonite from Madagasgar. Isn't that a neat color shining there?
I saw some wonderful jewelry made from these shells.
40 Please click on this to enlarge the photo to see the detail. These are rings, and they are spectacular.
They are different animals. They are made from prescious stones, so they run in the 1 to 3 or 5 thousand dollars in price.
Here, I can see a Cobra, an insect, a flamingo, a bird and an elephant.
41 Sorry about the photo, I tried and tried to get this so that you could see. This photo just mainly shows you how many different rings there are.
42 Beryl, or as we say....aquamarine.
Check out the base. It is custom made with a new device. You take an impression of your specimen and send the impression to this guy, and he has a machine that will ream out the plastic in just the right shape. Then, you pay him from 175.00 per each, and he sends you the base. Your specimen fits snugly into the base, no mineral tack or glue required.
43 Here is another aquamarine. This one is display only, but it is probably worth about 35,000.00.
44 Azurite. Click to get a better feel for the color. This is one of Glen's favorite stones.
46 See? There is my honey browzing the books. Glen loves books.
Just another way to let you know that there is sooooo much stuff here. Everything!
47 Here is an illustration of a booth set up.
48 These are in a display only. Gem stones from Brazil.
49 This dealer is from Bulgaria.
50 Yards and yards of cabs. Stone cabs.
51 Calcite.
52 Look at that cathedral! Almost as tall as the man.
53 This is cavensite. Check out the price. 12,000.00. Yikes!
54 Need a silver chain?
55 I caught some of the characters that visit here, but I sure missed a bunch too. Where is your camera when you need it?
56 Her outfit caught my eye.
57 All kinds of folks attend. Rock shopping is a pain sometimes.....I mean....they are way HEAVIER than say, shoes. And some of the rocks are REALLY fragile.
58 Copper specimens from the upper peninsula of Michigan.
59 One tall copper specimen. Pricey too, as I recall.
60 These are tiny copper specimens. Check out the prices on these puppies. Sheesh!
61 Police officers were EVERYWHERE in this auditorium. I asked one who was minding the streets of Tucson.....the whole force was in this auditorium.
62 This is Crocolite. It is from Australia, and is the subject of the Tucson Show poster this year. Australian minerals were featured at this show.
63 More Crocolite. Way too expensive for Glen and I to purchase.
64 This is dinosaur bone. Really pretty when polished up. Lots of folks use it in jewelry pieces, including my favorite designer lady, Marcia Cook.
65 The sign screams, "do not touch", but don't you just want to stick your finger into that orange mouth?
I think the signs of "do not touch" emerged when the auditorium was filled with school kids on Friday. We came into the auditorium in the afternoon...on purpose. :)
66 This thing is a carved dragon. Something for everyone!
67 Or how about a lizzard?
68 Here is a tanzanite from Africa. On display, not for sale here.
69 These guys aren't priced, just for display here. Brazilian emeralds.
70 Close up of the Brazilian emeralds.
71 A view of the convention floor from the upstairs. This is just one section of the floow.
72 Another view. Jewelry is usually on the near side of the floor, the minerals are toward the far side.
73 This is the main floor. There is a whole other part of the floor that is one level down, and not visable from this window.
75 Another fluorite with calcite on it. On this one you can see some of the squares on the stone. Usually, and on this one, but hard to see, you can see phamtoms inside the stone.
Phantoms of fluorites are squares inside of squares. The colors are different and neat to see.
87 This is the other half of that first display of gold. These are worth who knows what! They all sold on the third day of this show.
88 These are just wonderful specimens. All are priced in the hundreds, most in thousands. Glen and I just take photos. :)
89 This thing is a tourmaline LOG! "Sorry it is not tourmaline..." View Comments...
90 Well.....it's the last supper, in ivory.
91 A long jewelry case.
92 This little guy is carved from Kunzsite. Ain't he cute!
93 This piece is also Kunzsite.
94 Here are some minerals, intersperced with lizzards. Hmmmm.
95 Well.....you gotta eat. Mostly the dealers had a hard time to eat, cause customers kept interrupting them.
96 These are all wonderful specimens of Malachite. They were shiny, and some were velvety.
97 This thing is HUGE. About 2 feet by 3 feet. It is a Malachite.
98 Here are some cutie carved pieces of Malachite.
99 These are Mamoth bones.
100 And yep....Mamoth earrings. I bought a pair and will show them to you in a later photo.
101 SOME, of the necklaces available.
102 Well......someone liked em....one is missing.
103 This is another necklace dealer.
104 Can you see the paintings in this booth? Something for everyone!
105 This booth has tons of pendants, earrings, bracelets and necklaces. All newly made.
106 A slab of Austrailian tiger eye. It is 8 feet long. Tiger eye is silicified asbestos. When cut as a cabachon it gives an "eye" effect in the stone.
107 Really pretty pink stuff. Glen isn't sure what this is, could be lots of things.
117 From Morocco, these are trilobites, and sharks teeth.
118 Click on this one. :) Really pretty red rocks. Glen says I can't have one of these....it's arsenic!!!!! And he just knows that Brian (not Sarah, of course, she's a girl and has more brains at this point-she's 11, he's7) will lick the stone.
119 Incredible specimens. Rhodochrosite is the huge red one.
120 This rhodochrosite is on display here. No value assigned.
121 And here are your metal lizzards!
122 These are selenite and phrenite. Aren't they cool?
123 EeeeW! I can't believe this one. The gal asked me if I liked her snake, and I just sort of mumbled. Well.....I didn't want to tell her the truth...that I think it is disgusting...I just wanted a photo to show my friends that anything is possible at this show. :)
124 This is very fragile and it is Stibnite from China. We got two, and I will photo them soon for you.
125 More stibnite.
126 Stone carvings.
127 The other end of this booth with the stone carvings.
128 Bead strands. All stones.
129 These are called sun Jade. Never heard of it....but there you are.
137 Tourmalines with prices. You can have the pink for 12,000.00 or the green for 15,000,00.
138 Click on this puppy! This tourmaline necklace is mine if I win the lottery. Fat chance.
You can see the price if you click on this. One reason it is so high is that the designer uses 22k gold, and you can see that there is lots of gold here. "Rhoda, I'm right behind yo..." View Comments...
139 And here is the designer. Marcia Cook, and her buddy Casey McBride. They have a tiny shop in Skagway Alaska, and this is where I first found them.
This year, she decorated my ears. Nothing fancy, just some gold button earrings, but I love them, they will go with anything.
140 The main tourmaline pendant.
141 The necklace laid out in full.
142 We heard that this rhodochrosite was a million dollar stone.
I believe it...it is beautiful. On display only here.
143 This one is called Amesite. Isn't it beautiful?
Rhoda and Glenn, Thank you both so very much for these excellent photos. I love every one of them. Thanks for the great work. Terrie - Terrie Masters, Thu, 22 Feb 2007 7:19PM
