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Article: Spring Shows 2000.(United States mineralogical shows feature specimens from around the world)
- Article from:
- The Mineralogical Record
- Article date:
- November 1, 2000
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For me, the spring show schedule starts with the Rochester Mineralogical Symposium. While not actually a show, it does have a number of fine dealers who often come up with new things. The Symposium was held April 13-16 and boasted 41 dealers all on one floor of the hotel. Dudley Blauwet of Mountain Minerals International had been tramping about Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka as usual. From the one locality of Kollona, Embrilipitiya, Uva Province, Sri Lanka, he had several interesting items. The first were sharp, black, slightly modified octahedra of spinel in a calcite matrix. The crystals are up to about 5 cm across, but the smaller ones are generally sharper. A ...
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