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Frost in Tucson!
The skyline of Tucson enhanced by Petrified Wood-very cool.
I can see owning this nice coffee table.
A spectacular Quartz pocket-Ron Coleman specimen $600k
End detail of Coleman Specimen.
9K for this one.
10K for this one.
There was heavy frost this morning in Tucson folks. This caused major headaches, as the normal Tucson resident has little experience with icy roads like us northerners. The lighted sign on the freeway said “Winter Driving Conditions”. We waited for the sun to melt the roads, and the wrecks to clear. We then dropped in at the JG&M (Jewelry, Gem & Mineral) Show. We like this show housed in a medium sized hard-sided tent on Simpson Street. There was not a crowd and I chatted with several dealers to pick up rock trivia I use both to make your blog-reading experience more rewarding!
One of my favorite movies is Finding Nemo. I saw a fossil relative of the absent-minded Dory and I got a “gneiss” laugh. Sometimes I might act just like Dory. Don:”Hey Bonnie what is this rock??” Bonnie: “That’s Quartz you dummy”. Don: “I KNEW that.”.
This is actually a Gyrodus Frontatus fossil from Germany.
I took some photos at the JG&M Show. There were some great fossils, specimens, and cabochons, but we were quite thrifty today.
The rock hunt was called early today. We may or may not go out tomorrow. The Main Event, the big show starts Thursday featuring Flourite.