After the 1,100 mile
drive to Denver in mixed weather, I checked into my Holiday Inn room (#124)
and began unpacking. I have many great specimens for this show and
the case should be spectacular!
I displayed many specimens,
including: Superb Challis Idaho Heulandites, Chinese Spessartines, Murray
Mine Nevada Stibnites, Meikle Barites, Russian Orpiments, Virgin Valley
Nevada Fire Opals, Olinghouse Golds, Eagles Nest Golds, to name a few!
Being I was alone in
my room this show, I had to take my own picture, SAY CHEESE!
It is a Mineral Dealer's
fact that the typical 6'x6' glass case contains over 180 square feet of
glass surfaces that must be cleaned to a high finish. With that completed
and the light rack and lights assembled, it was time to start filling
it with beautiful specimens!
With the snap of my digital
fingers, the 6-hour job of filling and tuning the diplay just so is completed.
During the show I received many excited and positive compliments for the
beauty and variety of my display.
New superb Meikle Mine
barites from the recently-discovered "Rust Bucket" pocket on
the 1375' Level of this mine. The color, display and luster of these specimens
are WORLD CLASS!
My precious metals shelf
offered Gold and Platinum-group elements from many localities, including-
Eagles Nest, CA; Olinghouse, NV; Round Mountain, NV; Bullfrog, NV; Gold
in Scarn from Ecuador, Gold-coated Platinum crystals from Russian, and
superb Type-Locality "Rheniites" from Russia. The next shelf
down displayed a number of superb heulandites from Challis, Idaho!
A super-fine, 20+cm terminated,
barite studded Murray Mine, Nevada stibnite was one of the highlights
of my mixed top shelf. Also included is a world-class 12g+ skeletal gold
crystal from Nevada, Superb Colorado Goethites, fine stalactites of malachite
from China, a matrix sixling chrysoberyl from Brazil, Mixed gem crystals
from Pakistan and Brazil, A fine Chinese orpiment cab, and gemmy diopside
from China.