My main display case,
with many fine and colorful specimens. This was back before I had solux
halogen lighting, so the lights had to go inside the case, for proper
specimen illumination.
A valued customer and
friend looking at fine Meikle mine barites.
The big winner for this
show was the display of the world's finest lorandite crystals, from Mercur,
Utah. Many crystals exceeded an amazing 2cm!! This offering was prominently
mentioned in the "What's New at Denver" in the Mineralogical
Record. Also displayed were several fine, crystallized golds and Batopilas
silvers.
A close-up of the "Scotty
Dog" gold from the Colorado Quartz Mine, California. Behind it was
"The Unicorn" gold, from the same mine. It was a GREAT display!
The top shelf display
of fine Moroccan vanadinites, A 15cm Himalaya mine tourmaline, Sweet Home
mine rhodochrosite on quartz crystals, A gemmy Zacatacas azurite, A cabinet
specimen of Kelly mine smithsonite, among others!
Ah, yes... Superb Meikle
mine barites sharing their warm, golden glow!
Two, doubly-terminated
barites on matrix. How's that for a Meikle mine barite cabinet specimen!
A friend from San Francisco
went home with this beautiful cabinet piece!
A superb Elmwood mine
cabinet specimen etched fluorite, from the Walt Gaylord collection (and
my collection), which sold at this show.
Chinese pyromorphites
purchased during my trip in China, along side fine Twin Creeks mine (Nevada)
orpiments. The bottom shelf displayed one of the largest pieces (30cm!)
of optical-quality ulexite in the world!