Florence Gem and Mineral Club

03/08/2024

Trip Canceled!

Camp Verde Glauberite Collecting Trip

March 16, 2024

Meet at the McDonalds parking lot located at SR260 and I-17, exit 287.
Time: 10:00 AM Saturday March 16th.

We will be collecting at a couple places and all are accessible by car or truck 2wheel drive.

Please wear comfortable clothes and closed toe shoes as there is a little walking on uneven ground. All that is needed for collecting is a small bucket or bag to carry your found items.

There are a couple hotels in the area, Days Inn (928 852 0124) and the Comfort Inn (928-567-9000) are just a couple, if you want to stay on Friday night to avoid the drive up in the morning.

We will leave the parking lot area by 10:15 heading to the collecting site
(Please call if running a little late 801-386-1602).

RSVP and more Info: Collecting trip leader-Richard Sichling 801-386-1602 [Driving white F350 pickup truck any questions please call.]

08/08/2023

What's Hot In Tucson: 2023 - Part 4 - Mineral City

It's one of the HOTTEST developing show in Tucson and it's called The Mineral City Show. Graham Sutton and his team are always coming up with new ideas to expand and improve this dynamic, growing show right off Oracle and it's absolutely worth a visit when you come to town.

With an ever-increasing number of mid to high-end dealers opening up here, Mineral City is a venue we're ALWAYS keeping on eye on.

In this segment, we head over to Mineral City to see what's new from a number of dealers including:

- Evan Jones from Unique Minerals out of Phoenix, Arizona
- Dave Bunk from Dave Bunk Minerals out of Arvada, Colorado
- Blake Barnett from Barnett Fine Minerals out of Hot Springs, Arkansas
- Philip Simmons and Erin Delventhal from Enchanted Minerals LLC out of Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Eric De Carlo from Ertashar Pacific Minerals out of Honolulu, Hawai'i
- Scott Werschky from Miner's Lunchbox out of Reno, Nevada
- Brian R Kosnar from Mineral Classics out of Littleton, Colorado
- Rob Lavinsky from The Arkenstone Gallery of Fine Minerals out of Richardson, Texas
- John Cornish from John Cornish Minerals out of Port Angeles, Washington
- Marcus Budil from Budil Fine Minerals out of Monaco

This is part of the continuing Early Release Series of films made available exclusively to the The Mineralogical Record - mineral magazine subscribers.

02/11/2023

We hope you like pink, because from now until Valentine's Day we are posting pink gems every day! Some gems you might expect, but others might surprise you. Stay tuned!

Seen here are pink, red and violet diamonds from the Argyle Mine in Australia. When it was open, this legendary mine produced more than 90% of the world's pink diamonds!

Courtesy: Rio Tinto

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02/11/2023

Calcite, Dolomite and Marcasite-
F6 lower west orebody, Sweetwater mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri.
13 cm tall.
The main Calcite crystal is 7 cm tall and a gemmy, deep golden color.

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