Riverside County, California - February 2013 - photo by John Veevaert
John Veevaert    6152 Mia Vista Dr., Reno Nevada  USA  (888) 689-8402



 

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Where does the time go? 
 
During the past week I also spent a little time with Japanese dealer Kiyoshi Kiikuni.  He pulled a few small boxes out of his back pack with small specimens of sphalerite with wire gold from the Daikoku deposit in the Chichibu mine, Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.  These are always small but very rare from this mine.  When is the last time you saw a gold specimen from Japan?!?!?  Me either.  So I bought all four that he had.
 
 
 

A wire of gold is holding the two pieces of sphalerite together.
 
 
Also during the past week I met up with German collector Paul Stahl.  He has ALWAYS got a back pack full of interesting minerals.  I found one that I could not resist and it was a specimen of a 1.6 cm crystal of stibiotantalite from the Himalaya mine in San Diego County, California set on matrix of quartz, microcline and elbaite.
 
 
 

A wire of gold is holding the two pieces of sphalerite together.
 
This past Monday a group of us got together and had another small mini show at the rental home of Ian and Diana Bruce of Crystal Classics.  Set were Tucson resident Peter Megaw, Australian dealer Rob Sielecki, English dealer Crystal Classic and me.  Mineral Wines maker Brett Keller was also there pouring samples of his award winning wines.  We had quite a few vistors there and even a display of the local fauna.

Englishman Dave Hacker posing for the camer. Peter Megaw is in the blue shirt and Rob Sielecki has his hands in his pocket
 
 

Brett with his available wines for tasting.
 
 

Looking through the wholesale material.
 
 

Ronna Jewett was also set up with her fine agates.  Here she is (left) with Ange Southwood.
 
 
 

Here's an examplke of some of her agates.
 
 

It was another gorgeous day in Tucson!
 
 
 

The hardest working man in the mineral biz - Rob Sielecki.
 
 
During the afternoon time Jolyon Ralph came by and I decided to have a little fun with him.  He was photographing an inexpensive chalcocite from Kazakhstan and I yelled out "Hey buddy. No pictures allowed." That generated an idea for me to be interviewed with a "world class" fluorite specimen from Illinois (actually a $5 rock).  Here is a link to that interview .  
 
 
 

A small herd of javalinas paid us all a visit...
 
 
 

Rob had a nice selection of carrollites from the Kamoya Mine, Katanga, D. R. of the Congo. I bought 4 specimens.
 
 
 

Peter Megaw had some remarkable specimen of nifontovite on matrix from Charcas, Mexico.  I bought two.
 
 
 

Peter also had two flats of wulfenite (some with willemite) from the new find made at Los Lametos. I bought flats.
 
 
 
 
 
Later that same day in the evening Ian Bruce hosted a Tsumeb.Com website party.  Two years ago Ian bought the domain from me (I will henceforth be using Tsumebminerals.com) for the express purpose of creating an informational site on the world's most remarkable mineral deposit.
 

The site's logo. 
 
 

The site map for Tsumeb.Com.
 
 

Some of the folks there for the Tsumeb.Com going live party.
 
 

Some more of the folks there for the Tsumeb.Com going live party.
 
 
 

Skip Szenics chatting with Ian. 
 
 

Australian Malcolm Southwood presenting the essence of the new website.
 
 
 

Isaias Casanova looking on intently during the presentation.

 

Like I said - where does the time go?  We are already into the 2nd day of the main show at the convention center.  Before I check out of this report I am photographing about 100 specimens for an update either tomorrow or Sunday of all the specimens I have found here in Tucson.  I would say that it will likely be Tuesaday actually.  Loads of interesting minerals.


 

 

Past Shows & Reports
PLEASE NOTE: The minerals that were offered on these pages are all sold
1999
Munich Show
2000
Sainte Marie Show
Munich Show
2001
Sainte Marie Show
Munich Show
2002
Tucson Show
Sainte Marie Show
Denver Show
Munich Show
2003
Tucson Show
Sainte Marie Show
East Coast Show
Denver Show
Munich Show
2004
Tucson Show
West Coast Show
East Coast Show
Denver Show
Munich Show
2005
Tucson Show
West Coast Show
East Coast Show
Denver Show
Munich Show
2006
Tucson Show
Bologna Show
Sainte Marie Show
East Coast Show
Munich Show
2007
Tucson Show
Dallas Show
East Coast Show
Denver Show
Munich Show
2008
Tucson Show
West Coast Show
East Coast Show
Denver Show
Munich Show
2009
Tucson Show
West Coast Show
East Coast Show
Denver Show
Munich Show

2010
Tucson Show
San Francisco Show
East Coast Show
Denver Show

Munich Show

2011
Tucson Show
San Francisco Show
East Coast Show
Denver Show
Munich Show

2012
Tucson Show
West Coast Show
East Coast Show
Denver Show  
Munich Show

2013
Tucson Show
Sainte Marie Show
Crystal Days (Poland)
East Coast Show
Munich Show

2014
Tucson Show
Denver Show 

Munich Show

2015
Tucson Show
East Coast Show
Denver Show 
Munich Show

 
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