Tuesday Update – Thanksgiving

THIS weekend the Tucson Fine Mineral Gallery will be abuzz with collectors and dealers for our Thanksgiving Showcase. Ian, Debbie and Stew will be on hand on Friday and over the weekend to discuss your collecting needs, or even to talk dispersals, should you be looking to downsize your collection. There will also be a talk on Saturday by Evan Jones on his late father’s (Bob Jones) work with Russian Gem minerals.

As it is Thanksgiving coming up, our specimens today are all American. These include magnificent pieces from Dick Morris’ collection, from Paul Matt and others from the American suite of British-based collector David Hardman. Many of these are older classics from now rarely seen occurrences, but there are a few newer discoveries highlighted too, such as some of the Arizona Fluorites. As always, these are just a glimpse of what we have available and so if you have specific ‘wants’ it is always worth asking.

Here in the UK, on Saturday (November 14) myself and Tom Costes will be at the Sussex Mineral, Crystal & Fossil show at Haywards Heath College an hour or so south of London. This is the biggest one-day event in the British mineral collectors’ calendar and the place to be in the UK to see a huge selection of mineral specimens all in one place. Crystal Classics will have available a comprehensive suite of high-quality British classics, as well as stunning new Fluorite finds from Diana Maria Mine, beautiful emerald-green Viridis Gems Fluorite jewellery, and the latest stunning Wulfenite finds from Mexico.

If you are there, please do come over and say ‘Hi’. Our combined knowledge of mineralogy is impressive, and we can usually guide you as to what we have in stock, whether that is British, Worldwide, or specimens from historically important collections.

Don’t forget also, that our Winter Open Day is coming up soon in our Somerset showroom. Mark Saturday, December 5 in your diary as this is when we will be open and releasing the new British specimens we have acquired this year. These include the collection of the Very Reverend Michael Keirle, Dean of Jersey, a 1970s to 1980s collection from the Young family in Warrington and select specimens from many other collection acquisitions from the UK and Europe.

Next week, our update takes us to Africa and to Tsumeb. With the acquisition of so many rich Tsumeb collections over the past year we are still uncovering historic mineral treasures from this legendary mine and can’t wait to show you more.

Until then, have a great weekend.

Please note: Today's featured specimens are situated at both our US and UK showrooms.