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Tucson Gem & Mineral Show 2014

The Tucson Gem & Mineral Show is the biggest crystal, gem, mineral and fossil show in the world.  It is a massive event that almost takes over the city. To give you an idea of the scale - in the UK a mineral show may have 30 - 200 exhibitors.  In Tucson there are around 40 shows (yes, forty!). There are dozens running at the same time. Some run for over 3 weeks whilst others are only on for a few days. They are in hotels, resorts, exhibition halls, tents both small and large... very large... very, very large with some covering several acres!  The smaller ones have around a couple of hundred exhibitors and the 5 largest have over 1,000 exhibitors in each!  Someone once worked it out that if you spent 5 minutes at each exhibitor, didn't sleep, eat or stop to buy anything, then it would take about 5 weeks to go round and see everything.  Most of the shows are only on over 2 weeks!!

So we travel 5,281 miles... each way... walk around in the Arizona winter sunshine, whilst it's mostly snowing and raining and windy and wintry at home, looking and the most beautiful and unusual things on this planet. Work, work, work... Life can be so tough :-)
But we also remember that we are actually working and we'll probably spend 80% of our anual budget for stock in 10 days!

So please feel free to let us know anything you'd like in the way of crystals, fossils and Native American goods and we'll try and find whatever you want - see below...

Tucson Gem & Mineral Show 2014
Lyn and I will be in Tucson, USA for the Gem Show between 31/1 and 10/2. We're happy to take orders and requests for any crystal on the planet (and a few that have come from space too!) but there is so much to see that our time there is limited so this is how this works... You can 
1) Request - Which means we'll pick some up if we see it along the way. Just ask by email with your phone and email details and we'll let you know when we get back.
2) Order - this is a firm order in which you describe the items you'd like and we'll buy it for you if we find something that matches your description. We'll give you an estimate of price before we go and you'll need to give us your card details to charge when and if we find it.
3) Special Order - For special or larger items - this is also a firm order but with this we will specially source the crystals for you at the shows. You will need to give your card and contact details as above and specify a maximum budget. 
All prices quoted for Tucson orders will be as delivered to our Unit in St Albans. If you cannot collect, then additional delivery charge may apply.  Click here to Contact Us 
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