With a thousand-mile
drive and many hours of set-up time, my room is ready to go! I shared
my room this year with friend John Cornish, who brought many great Idaho
heulandites for eager collectors and dealers alike!
Here I am "slaving
away", keeping the books.
I proudly offered a number
of superb Meikle mine barites, along with a colorful mix of red-orange
Russian orpiments, candy-apple-green Chinese pyromorphites, Colorado fluorapatites
and a host of other fine specimens.
The bottom shelf was
lined with rare Getchell mine (Nevada) antique stock certificates *signed*
by Getchell himself!
My pride and joy- SUPERB
Meikle mine barites, with crystals to 15cm!!
Other specimen for sale
included a stunning Fresnillo Pyrargyrite with 3cm-wide crystals(!), A
Mercur Utah Orpiment, Carlin Trend rarities, Brazil brazilianites, A Chinese
scheelite, Peruvian Japan-Law twins, Kelly New Mexico Smithsonite, A Virgin
Valley Opal, Nevada golds and coppers... just to name a few!
Here's John at his first
ever show, proudly offering his first batch of superb Idaho heulandites.
He worked like a dog and had a great show! John is a good friend and I
very much enjoyed sharing my room with him. Look forward to seeing
us together again at Tucson, 2004!
I think it was safe to
say that John had the best heulandite display at the show! Many of the
Indian dealers even came by to see his magnificent display!
John and I had the greatest honor of being awarded a fine bottle of wine by Marty Zinn, the Denver Holiday Inn show promoter, for having the best-displayed room at the show!
WOW!!
The reality of being
a mineral dealer- After 6 long days of a successful show, it was time
to tear down and drive another thousand miles home.