Quartzcite was fun, with additions to the rock stash and some interesting silver pendants made by a Siberian artist.. Afterwards it was on to Phoenix for a couple of nights and a trip up to Flagstaff with Jim Horste (the brother). While Jim was negotiating with a fluorescent rock collector, we went off to the wonderful National Monument of Wupatki (Indian Ruins) and Sunset Crater Volcano , both of which are highly recommendable.
Then off to Tucson on Wednesday where we arrived to find that our rental house had been burgled BEFORE we arrived! I didn't mind too much that they took the microwave, tv, dvd, and coffee table but they took the WIFI and the MODEM!!!! We couldn't even get on line in a bookstore or the hotels! Luckily we're back on line at the rental house (and the locks were changed right after we got here!).
Then off to Tucson on Wednesday where we arrived to find that our rental house had been burgled BEFORE we arrived! I didn't mind too much that they took the microwave, tv, dvd, and coffee table but they took the WIFI and the MODEM!!!! We couldn't even get on line in a bookstore or the hotels! Luckily we're back on line at the rental house (and the locks were changed right after we got here!).
Yesterday we dropped by the Tucson Electric Park show as they were setting up and Jan scored some incredible beads out of some very gemmy stuff including some amazing Ethiopian opal beads!
I spent a good part of today doing some fluorescent mineral database work for my brother Jim (and waiting on the internet tech guy to get us all back online!). Then Jan and I headed out for the Pueblo Inn Gem Show where we caught our favorite dealers while they were still setting up! I CORNERED the market on iolite sunstone from Tanzania! WOOT! Also got green moonstone, golden feldspar, some glittery sunstones, kyanites, ONE piece of tanzanite, a chunck of rose quartz and a few other bits all from the same dealer! Then Jan scored a few polished pieces of agatized bamboo before she hit the spectrolite dealer and got some splendoriffic material from Finland from the former Mayor of Ylamma, the center of Finnish spectrolite production. For those who don't know, spectrolite is the trade name for the FINEST labradorite in the world which only comes from Finland!
Tomorrow we'll get our camera situation figured out and I'll finally start posting some pics to our blog of Jan and David's continuing adventures!
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