This passed weekend I had the privilege of helping my friend Dave Richter in his
Rocks & Relics booth at the final
Gem Faire of the year at
Santa Barbara, CA. Despite Dave's credit card machine battery going south the show nonetheless rocked and rolled and was a resounding success. I was there to help set up on Thursday, worked Friday, was off Saturday while Dave broke in new help and then I worked again on Sunday and helped break down the booth at the end of the day. Below is a collection of images I took during the Sunday morning quietude.
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Polished botryoidal malachite from Katanga Province, Congo, atop a polished Brazilian Agate slab. |
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Quartz crystal from Coleman Mine, Mt. Ida, Arkansas. |
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Stilbite on green Apophyllite from Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India. |
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Brown Agate from Madagascar. |
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Genuine Moonstone cabachons (much Moonstone on the market is not genuine) from India. |
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Polished Smoky Quartz point from Minas Gerais, Brazil with Arkansas Quartz and Congolese Malachite and Quartz stalactites from Maharashtra, India. |
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Agatized Turitella from Southern Morocco near the Mali border. |
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Polished Moroccan Septarian Nodule halves. |
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Polished cut Tampa Bay Agatized Coral (Brain Coral) pairs. |
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Quartz stalactites with chalcedony cores from Maharashtra, India. |
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Circa 15,000 year-old Russian Cave Bear skeletal front paws with Green River Formation Fish Fossils and cut and polished Madagascar Ammonite pairs. |
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Gemstone bead strand hanks including primarily Tourmaline along with Emerald and Tanzanite. |
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Agatized Pectins from Southern Morocco near the Mali border. |
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Quartz crystal clusters from Coleman Mine, Mt. Ida, Arkansas. |
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Polished Agatized Coral from Tampa Bay, Florida, region. |
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Chinese-carved Australian Chrysoprase Koala carving. |
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Herkimer Diamonds from Herkimer, New York. Nearly all of both flats we brought to the show were purchased by one customer on Friday morning. |
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Ammonites from Madagascar. Note: this is not Ammolite but simply Nacre otherwise known as mother of pearl. |
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Polished Brain Malachite (botryoidal) with one specimen of Fibrous Malachite all from Katanga Province, Congo. |
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What is left of the flat of Madagascar included Quartz featured on Picture of the Day last Saturday. |
All photos by Kim Patrick Noyes (All rights reserved).
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