[Jewelry making - Article 00363] - Re: [Orchid] Rock Show Trip

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    All, Rockazona was an outside rock and gem show in the desert of
    Arizona.  Last year the show promoters closed the show.  A new show
    opened up in Tempe, Arizona and this weekend was the first show. 
    The show had only about 125 dealers and it had broke the tradition
    of rock shows being just rocks and jewelry.  There were several
    booths of swap mart items and other none lapidary related items. 
    The good news was the rocks.  Many rare items were for sale that
    have not been offered for years.  A friend of mine that deals in gem
    silica bought a fantastic piece of gem blue silica from the
    Inspiration Mine.  It was very pricey, but rarer than any of the
    finest diamonds.  I found my own little treasure.  One booth was
    selling slabs of fortification agate mined years ago in the 4th of
    July Mountain region of Arizona.  These slabs were 3-4inches across
    and had no flaws.  Needless to say I bought a lot.  I also purchased
    several lots of good hard fossils from Wyoming.  Turritella and
    Oolite, fossil snails and algae, are quite popular in Europe and
    Central America.  This material is hard enough to create nice
    Artists stones to set in gold.  Overall I had a good time.  Lots of
    rare material available.  The prices were extremely good. One last
    note.  Three gemstone and rough facetting material dealers that deal
    at Tucson were dealing at the show.  Two of the dealers were GJX
    dealers and one was a 4 Points Hotel dealer.  Just take a guess how
    their items were priced.  The same as they would sell to jewelers is
    the answer.  

   Gerry Galarneau 

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