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Article: Tales from MEXICO Part 2.
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- Rocks & Minerals
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- March 1, 1999
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The stories behind the acquisition of specimens are often as interesting as the specimens themselves/ Here, dealers, collectors, and curators share their tales of obtaining specimens in Mexico.
Part 2
by Wayne Thompson
Mineral dealer, Phoenix, Arizona
THE '72 SAN FRANCISCO MINE WULFENITE FIND: Near the end of 1971 a couple of truck drivers, Bob James and Jose Cobre, showed up at some local Arizona shows with really crummy looking wulfenite from the San Francisco mine [Municipio de Cucurpe, Sonora]. At the Globe [Arizona] Show in early 1972, they had some much better material. Just before the 1972 Tucson Show they brought up a much ...