Mineral Shows - Trinity Mineral Co

August 11-14, 2005

Updated August 23rd, 2005

This will comprise the comprehensive update for the East Coast Show specimens.
Thanks for your interest!

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Siderite & Fluorite
Germany

Fluorite
Germany August 23rd
Various East Coast Show Specimens - Page 1 The specimens with this link are a random group of interesting pieces found at the show.

Koettigite/Parasymplesite
Mexico

Vanadinite
Morocco August 23rd
Various East Coast Show Specimens - Page 2 The specimens with this link are a random group of interesting pieces found at the show

Cuprite & Malachite
Dem. Rep. of Congo

Stolzite
Germany August 23rd
Various East Coast Show Specimens - Page 3 The specimens with this link are a random group of interesting pieces found at the show

Demantoid
Namibia August 23rd
Namibian Demantoid - I ran into Harald Munsch and Charles Cecil - both were staying in the same hotel I was in Springfield. Charles had some lots of demantoid from Namibia - a locality which, according to both Charles and Harald is no longer producing. I asked to see the best specimens along with the jeremejevite crystals that they had and made some selections.

Chrysoberyl v.
Alexandrite August 23rd
Tanzanian Alexandrite - New Era Gems from Grass Valley, California had a fine array of alexandrite crystals from Lake Manyara in Tanzania. These were all found in the last six months.

Gem Chondrodite
Afghanistan August 23rd
New Find! Chondrodite from Afghanistan - Dudley Blauwet of Colorado recently returned from Pakistan with some finds of sapphire from afghanistan and also gemmy chondrodite also from Ladjur Madea, Kokcha Valley, Badakhshan, Afghanistan. I made a selection of nine specimens from Dudley of the chondrodite. Chondrodite in gem quality is exceedingly rare.

Iranite
Chile August 23rd
New Find - Iranite from Chile - Terry Szenics "Skip" also had a fabulous new find of iranite with crystals an order of magnitude larger than those from the original find in Iran. These come from the Chapacase mine near Tocopilla. You may recall that this is the same mine where he found the bright reddish orange wulfenite a couple years ago. Several of these specimens were found with both iranite and red wulfenite.

Acanthite
Morocco August 23rd
New Find - Acanthite from Morocco - Rob Lavinsky, better known as the Arkenstone, and Chris Wright - Wright's Rock Shop - both had specimens of this new material. None were seen on matrix. Octahedral crystals of acanthite are considered quite rare.

FUTU REPOSTING

Molybdofornacite
Chile August 23rd
New Find! Molybdofornacite from two Chilean localities! - There were two new finds of rare Chilean molybdofornacite from the San Pablo mine in Inca de Oro and the Dulcinea Mine near Carrera, Pinto. THESE WILL BE POSTED IN THE FUTURE. THESE SPECIMENS REQUIRE SOME ADDITIONAL IDENTIFICATION WORK AS THERE ARE LIKELY NEW SPECIES ASSOCIATED WITH THEM. STAY TUNED.

Villyaellenite
Chile August 23rd
Chilean Rarities - I picked out several specimens of rare species at the show - species such as villyaellenite and szenicsite to name a few...

included Calcite
India August 23rd
New Find! Included calcite from India - On my last day of the show I was fortunate to bump into Terry Huizings. He passed along a tip on a new find of calcite that K.C. Pandy of Superb Minerals brought to the show. These are pale olive green colored crystals and thought to be vanadium rich. They were found about 3 weeks ago while digging a well at Bambori, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India. It was alleged that the crystals fluoresced brightly under UV light. There was no response under my Superbright SW UV light so the response must have been under LW UV light.

Chrome Tourmaline
Tanzania August 23rd
Tanzanian Chrome Tourmaline - New Era Gems from Grass Valley, California had a small group of chrome tourmaline crystals from Dulani in Tanzania. These are electric green in color!

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Siderite & Fluorite Germany Fluorite Germany	August 23rd Various East Coast Show Specimens - Page 1 The specimens with this link are a random group of interesting pieces found at the show.
Koettigite/Parasymplesite Mexico Vanadinite Morocco	August 23rd Various East Coast Show Specimens - Page 2 The specimens with this link are a random group of interesting pieces found at the show
Cuprite & Malachite Dem. Rep. of Congo Stolzite Germany	August 23rd Various East Coast Show Specimens - Page 3 The specimens with this link are a random group of interesting pieces found at the show
Demantoid Namibia	August 23rd Namibian Demantoid - I ran into Harald Munsch and Charles Cecil - both were staying in the same hotel I was in Springfield. Charles had some lots of demantoid from Namibia - a locality which, according to both Charles and Harald is no longer producing. I asked to see the best specimens along with the jeremejevite crystals that they had and made some selections.
Chrysoberyl v. Alexandrite	August 23rd Tanzanian Alexandrite - New Era Gems from Grass Valley, California had a fine array of alexandrite crystals from Lake Manyara in Tanzania. These were all found in the last six months.
Gem Chondrodite Afghanistan	August 23rd New Find! Chondrodite from Afghanistan - Dudley Blauwet of Colorado recently returned from Pakistan with some finds of sapphire from afghanistan and also gemmy chondrodite also from Ladjur Madea, Kokcha Valley, Badakhshan, Afghanistan. I made a selection of nine specimens from Dudley of the chondrodite. Chondrodite in gem quality is exceedingly rare.
Iranite Chile	August 23rd New Find - Iranite from Chile - Terry Szenics "Skip" also had a fabulous new find of iranite with crystals an order of magnitude larger than those from the original find in Iran. These come from the Chapacase mine near Tocopilla. You may recall that this is the same mine where he found the bright reddish orange wulfenite a couple years ago. Several of these specimens were found with both iranite and red wulfenite.
Acanthite Morocco	August 23rd New Find - Acanthite from Morocco - Rob Lavinsky, better known as the Arkenstone, and Chris Wright - Wright's Rock Shop - both had specimens of this new material. None were seen on matrix. Octahedral crystals of acanthite are considered quite rare.
FUTU REPOSTING Molybdofornacite Chile	August 23rd New Find! Molybdofornacite from two Chilean localities! - There were two new finds of rare Chilean molybdofornacite from the San Pablo mine in Inca de Oro and the Dulcinea Mine near Carrera, Pinto. THESE WILL BE POSTED IN THE FUTURE. THESE SPECIMENS REQUIRE SOME ADDITIONAL IDENTIFICATION WORK AS THERE ARE LIKELY NEW SPECIES ASSOCIATED WITH THEM. STAY TUNED.
Villyaellenite Chile	August 23rd Chilean Rarities - I picked out several specimens of rare species at the show - species such as villyaellenite and szenicsite to name a few...
included Calcite India	August 23rd New Find! Included calcite from India - On my last day of the show I was fortunate to bump into Terry Huizings. He passed along a tip on a new find of calcite that K.C. Pandy of Superb Minerals brought to the show. These are pale olive green colored crystals and thought to be vanadium rich. They were found about 3 weeks ago while digging a well at Bambori, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India. It was alleged that the crystals fluoresced brightly under UV light. There was no response under my Superbright SW UV light so the response must have been under LW UV light.
Chrome Tourmaline Tanzania	August 23rd Tanzanian Chrome Tourmaline - New Era Gems from Grass Valley, California had a small group of chrome tourmaline crystals from Dulani in Tanzania. These are electric green in color!