[Rockhounds] TUCSON!

[John & Gloria Cornish]

Hi Everyone,

Just a quick note this morning. I'm on my way to breakfast and saw a terminal open and here I am. I was able to get out in the morning yesterday and found a few rooms open early. Don Olson had a new thumbnail collection which included some real beauties. The best of which was a one inch dioptase on a bit of crystalline matrix to my eye. Additionally, he had a wonderful selection of Michigan Upper Peninsula copper and associated species. Calcites and silver and analcimes. A wonderful grouping! In the room of Northstar Minerals, there were several examples of the skeletal galenas from Romania (?). Imagine cubes with only the edge framework surrounding an empty space. Neat to see these fascinating oddities. I'll try to get out a bit more this morning and hope to see more goodies. 

Another good day is here and I'm positive and am looking forward to it. 

I hope you all have a good day too. Take care and all the very best from Tucson!!!

John 

 
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