With a thousand-mile
drive and many hours of set-up time, my room is ready to go!
The Denver Show September, 2003, Holiday Inn
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With a thousand-mile
drive and many hours of set-up time, my room is ready to go!
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Here I am "slaving
away", keeping the books.
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I proudly offered a number
of superb Meikle mine barites, along with a colorful mix of red-orange
Russian orpiments, candy-apple-green Chinese pyromorphites, Colorado fluorapatites
and a host of other fine specimens.
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The bottom shelf was
lined with rare Getchell mine (Nevada) antique stock certificates *signed*
by Getchell himself!
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My pride and joy- SUPERB
Meikle mine barites, with crystals to 15cm!!
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Other specimen for sale
included a stunning Fresnillo Pyrargyrite with 3cm-wide crystals(!), A
Mercur Utah Orpiment, Carlin Trend rarities, Brazil brazilianites, A Chinese
scheelite, Peruvian Japan-Law twins, Kelly New Mexico Smithsonite, A Virgin
Valley Opal, Nevada golds and coppers... just to name a few!
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The reality of being
a mineral dealer- After 6 long days of a successful show,
it was time to tear down and drive another thousand miles home. |