report tucson 2005

Logistic: This year the new venues of the shows require added driving times due to increased distance . The old Executive Inn show, is under a new management with a competing show. The new shows were based at the Smuggler's Inn, Ramada Inn and Clarion Inn ence one have to drive a lot and to waste time that othervise will be dedicated to minerals. Other than those mineral shows there are all the established other that are dedicated mainly to gems beads and Rought spread all over the town in tents or hotels: Tucson electric park , AKS, GJX , Intergem....

Pubblic: In this edition we have the sensation to see many visitors ( old & young collectors , dealers ..) but expecially in the classic venues such as Innsuites other than the specific wholesale shows for dealers. The new Venue of Clarion and Smuggler , maybe for the distance or because new, were almost empty

Minerals Quality : The quality of the minerals we saw was in general good and hight, of course the most interesting things were at Innsuite and Clarion Hotel without forgot the exhibition at the Westward even if for the prices it remains only an exhibition for the majority . We can say that there were good specimen from classic locality, but more single specimens then large availability, in fact only few rooms present large quantity from a single locality (same of them were at the Innsuite & Smuggler). Many minerals from Pakistan, only a few new finding, but often good quality; from China, instead, many dealers but standard quality. After this many minerals, as usual, from Morocco (..low quality), South America, Madagascar and India (good Powellite and, as usual, other showy specimens).

News: In this edition only a few of new finding, but some of them very interesting; here a short resume:

America	USA	Amethyst Quartz from Jackson Crossroad Rutile with Albite and Siderite Heulandite on Mordenite
	Brasil	Microlite on Tantalite
	Canada	Gaspeite
	Chile	Lammerite

Asia	Pakistan	Kunzite Acquamarina (with green inclusion) Apatite (pink phantom inside)
	Cina	Globular violet fluorite on Antimonite Association between cinabbar and yellow Calcite Topaz from Yunnan Scheelite on Quartz
	India	Scolecite balls from Deccam Cavansite in Yellow Calcite Brown big Powellite stalactitc calcedon
	Afghanistan	Gemmy Scapolite Blue Corundum
Europe	Spain	Silver
	Russia	Khaidarkaite Association Millerite and green Sphene Native Silver and Copper
	Ukraina	Rodochrosite in fossil
Africa	Madagascar	Fluorite in Quartz

Other: ……in our visit to the show we had always a very sunny weather (…and this is a good thing) but we had also very cold much more than we expected (…and this is a little less good!); we eat the usual American breakfast in first, …but in a very short time we understood that we can’t eat so much in the morning!!! Lunch was always a quick and unusual thing …and the only moment in which we live completely the Tucson life was in the dinner with nice visit to fine restaurants in Tucson, where we understood that margarita drinks is more easy than wine and we appreciate this…