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QUALITY INN New in 2007 |
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Arizona Mineral & Fossil Show, Tucson, AZ AMFS
HAS
BECOME "THE" MINERAL AND FOSSIL SHOWS TO ATTEND IN
TUCSON!
Arizona Mineral & Fossil Show Dealer List
These are the true, big time, mineral and fossil shows here in Tucson. If your looking for museum quality display specimens, the AMFS shows are the ones to visit. If your looking for the biggest ban for your buck, these are not necessarily the best places to look. As a general rule: If you see it in an expensive motel room at an expensive hotel show, the prices are inflated to cover the extra overhead. If you see the same quality of specimen at a warehouse or tent show, you will get a lot more for less money. That said, if your willing to buy in LARGE quantities, you may be able to get an excellent buy even at a hotel show. And finally, if you wait till the last day of a particular show, you can get great deals because most dealers DO NOT want to have to carry a lot of heavy specimens back home. The problem with waiting till the very last day is that you will not have the best selection of material or may have missed out completely on the specimens that you waited to buy. So, it all boils down to knowing where to go to get the best deals and skipping everything else till you have most of your shopping done! (I wish I could follow my own advice!) [2007] Martin Zinn has made this his new one on the Tucson show scene. Made up of some of last years Executive Inn dealers and a few Clarion vendors. Lots of Russian, Chinese, and German dealers. This show should get better next year and in the future. Lots of parking and easy access off of I-10
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[2007]
 BIG MARBLES . . . ROSE QUARTZ |
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[2005]
A bunch of tent dealers in the motel courtyard. They didn't look as happy as the dealers who were occupying the motel rooms. Bad weather? I did rain a lot! |
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[2007]
 Mickey Cicel |
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2004, 2005, and 2006
at the Executive Inn show. 2007 at the Quality Inn off Benson Hwy.
 Rucks' Pit Material, FORT DRUM, FL. 2007 - Micky and Gary's final show in Tucson took place at the Quality Inn. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 New matrix specimens prepared with a air chisel. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 New matrix specimens prepared with a fossil type air chisel. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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[2004]
 Beautiful
gemmy,
honey-colored, calcite crystal-lined shell geodes
in a coquina matrix
ranging
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 Gary Maddox starting the long and arduous process of setting up the room for the show. (2006 Executive Inn picture) |
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 Mickey Cecil totaling up his sales... (2004 Executive Inn picture) |
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[2007]
 BLUE HALITEFROM KLODAWA POLAND
This
Polish dealer also had a large display of "banded Gem Flint" from
Poland at some high prices. Never heard of a GEM variety of
flint?
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[2006]
 RUSSIAN ROOM |
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 Tschermigite (lab grown and a fake)
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