77 and Sunny
Fossil Books (Literally they are made of fossils)
We had a short stop at Kino, took a few pictures, and covered a little more of that show. The treasures of the day were several small Lodelite Cabs, as well as discovering a very fine small, Star Rutilated Quartz in a $30 pile. This one was worth at least five times that. I’ll get some pictures of these fine gemstones later. Bonnie found some very fine Turquoise Beads and I picked out a strand of Dino Beads for a future project.
Nice thick Tiger Eye at Wades (Kino)
Guards outside Kino Show
Smokey Quartz
Lights are great behind Quartz.
Gibeon Meteoite skull. Really amazing and a foot tall
Somebody placed little skulls in the eye sockets of this big skull.
Ruby in Zoisite
The largest quartz sphere we’ve seen (Riverpark Inn)
New parking lot next to the Pueblo Show. $10 all day. There is cheaper, but it is handy.
Front of Riverpark
Notice the Lapis Table
Green on Red
Purple Passion Agate
Jeff Anderson showing his agates.
Hotel Courtyard
Sphalerite/Gelena
Orange happend when Amethyst is heated up.
Close on the Citrine
Pyrite shining in the sun.
After a break, we spent the rest of the day searching through the shows at the strip. Yes, we found many treasures at these Hotel Shows. I bought some Sphalerite/Galenite; this stuff is very cool. I just skimmed the surface of these Hotel Shows. For those never having attended these shows, all the hotel rooms and the courtyards are filled with rocks, gems, and fossils. I also found an Owyhee Agate Cab that looks exactly like Sleeping Bear Dunes.
The shows we attended were The Rapa River Show where our friend Jeff Anderson sells agates. He showed me a spectacular Purple Passion Agate. I bought some Blue Lace Druzy, and a couple of colorful agates from Patagonia (Not Condor). I hope you enjoy all the pictures from today.