This is a group of TN specimens I picked up during the Tucson Show.  There are 19 specimens of gold from around the world including several from a rare locality in New Foundlnad Canada. There are also five specimens of cubanite also from Canada and then 13 random pieces from various global localities.
More to come as I get to it.
 

Rhodochrosite South Africa Gold California Cubanite Canada

I am continuing to list specimens obtained at the Tucson show and also some older specimens that were not priced correctly in this current economic environment.  Here's three groups - one from Australia, Mt. Malosa and miscellaneous items.  A lot more to come!

Pyromophite France Bromian Chlorargyrite Australia Arfvedsonite Malawi

I am starting to cycle through specimens obtained at the Tucson show and also some older specimens that were not priced correctly in this current economic environment.  Here's the first group.  Many more to come!

Kunzite Afghanistan

Galena on Quartz Bulgaria

Elbaite & Albite Pakistan

I received many requests for the first 4 specimens of hemimorphite I posted last month.  I was pleased to find that the rest of the inital group I selected from was still available.  So, here are what will be the last 19 I will have of this new brilliant blue find from the Wenshan mine in Yunnan, China.

Hemimorphite

Hemimorphite

Hemimorphite

I recently obtained a small lot of striking specimens from China.  They include some of the richest royal blue hemimorphite I have ever seen from the Wenshan Mine and also a 15 piece lot of rhodochrosite from the Wudong mine.  At first glance these appear to be specimens from the Sweet Home mine but they aren't.  The rhodo from this locality is just about universally encased in a thin layer of silica (quartz) that has to be removed chemically.  The result is some of the best specimens I have ever seen from this locality and now that it is closed there will be fewer anf fewer of these available in the coming years.

Hemimorphite

Rhodochrosite

Rhodochrosite

I have prepared several reports on what was happening at the 2008 Munich Show. There are loads of updated minerals. See the Specials page at the Denver Show .
 

I have prepared three reports on what was happening at Denver. There are loads of updated minerals. See the Specials page at the Denver Show .
 

I have prepared a report on what was new at the East Coast Show and also posted scores of new minerals.  Click here to visit the East Coast Show from West Springfield, Massachusetts!
 

Rhodochrosite

Gold

Schorl & Muscovite

Zircon

I have cleaned up another 19 specimens of material from the Benitoite mine since Tucson and here they are...

Benitoite, Neptunite & Joaquinite

Benitoite, Neptunite & Joaquinite

Benitoite

Neptunite & Joaquinite

I have assembled a group of 13 specimens from Russia and Kazakhstan - a former Soviet state.

Ilvaite

Crocoite

Fluorite Kazakhstan

Quartz Gwindel

I have assembled an interesting group of specimens from mostly classic European localities such as Cornwall, Saxony, Switzerland and several other notable localities.

Rhodochrosite Germany

Sphene Switzerland

Stephanite Germany

Whewellite Germany

Italian dealer Giorgio Spiga (Bestminerals.com) has asked to post some exceptional mineral specimens from his inventory.  All of these are quite striking.

I recently visited the West Coast Show in Costa Mesa, California.  This is Marty Zinn Expositions Show.  Not a great new to report but I have prepared a short report on what was there and have updated the site with about 50 new specimens.

The first group of specimens are from the recent find of prismatic crystals of wulfenite from the Ojuela Mine in Mexico. These were first seen at the 2008 Tucson Show. The prices seem to have moderated considerably with Don & Gloria Olson and Mineral Search having good specimens available at reasonable pricing levels.
 
 

Next are a group of uvite specimens from Brazil. Luiz Menezes had some distinctly pleochroic specimens available with magnesite and one specimen of uvite with dolomite.
 

Brazilian dealer Luis Menezes also had some very fine crystals of Montebrasite from the Telirio mine in Minas Gerais. The montebrasite specimens were predominantly available as single crystals with vitreous luster and uniform pale yellow color.  Montebrasite is closely related to amblygonite differing only in the replacement of aluminum (mont.) versus sodium (amblyg.).
 

I found several interesting Mexican minerals at the show. 
 

Last and far from least is a group of 17 specimens from various global localities obtained at the show. Lots of interesting things in this group!
 
 

Cavansite India

Wulfenite California

Rhodochrosite South Africa

It has been just about 10.5 years since I went online and I have jotted down the detailed history of the Trinity Mineral Company website evolution in this brief blog. You won't find any minerals to buy here but you will get a better understanding of how things all came to be for me and several other people I am sure you're familiar with. 

Looking for missing issues to your collection of the Mineralogical Record? I recently came into a large supply of back issues of the Mineralogical Record and have finally put this page together to make them available.  I have multiples of many of the issues though a number of them are represented by one or two copies only.  Click the buttons by year to see available issues.  I am using the data base system I use for minerals on the MineralShows.com, Tsumeb.comandTrinityMinerals.com websites to manage this inventory.

The price of each back issue is posted with the image of the cover and primary contents.  Shipping (priority mail) costs are $5 per issue for domestic addresses and $8-10 (global priority) for foreign destinations per issue.