Welcome to the Minerals.net Newsletter

This is our post-Tucson edition of the Minerals.net newsletter. We are wrapping up our 15 Year Anniversary Giveaway contest, and registration will end on March 10. Minerals.net has also completed a video on a fascinating new mineral discovery in a classic New York locality, and we are posting our Tucson show reports from this years’ Mineral and Gem shows

2013 Contest Giveaway

Our 15 year anniversary giveaway contest is winding down. This campaign was heavily marketed with full page ads in the Rocks & Minerals Magazine and the Mineralogical Record. We also put a half-page ad in The Tucson Gem & Mineral TM Show Guide. There were also postcards for the contest at the information tables at many of the Tucson shows, and Hershel Friedman was handing out postcards at many of the shows. Several dealers had also placed a poster in their hotel room at the InnSuites and Pueblo shows.

The contest registration page will be closed on March 10, at 11:59 PM EST. If you have not yet registered, do it now before the door closes. The drawing will take place on March 17, after which we will announce the contest winners. Stay tuned for our next email announcing all the winners!

If you somehow missed our ads, click the thumbnails below to view the larger versions.

Video: A New Mineral Discovery in Amity, NY

On a beautiful autumn day last November, Hershel Friedman and Glenn Rhein spent the day filming Glenn’s amazing mineral discovery in Amity, New York. Glenn is a builder who lives in Amity, near the picturesque village of Warwick. Glenn excavates to clear land for building homes. While digging in the Franklin Marble region he discovered amazing crystals while excavating, and he reached out to the mineral community for help in figuring out what his mineral finds were. Glenn ultimately found beautiful and historical finds, such as large and sharp spinel crystals, and he is now an expert in minerals he has found.

Click the image below to play the film:

Tucson Show Report

For the past two years, Hershel Friedman has been photographing the Tucson shows and documenting them, and then placing these show reports on the Minerals.net news page. This year is no different, with more pictures and reports then in previous years. Hershel’s show reports give readers a good look at what the shows are like, with excellent photos of different scenes.

Due to scheduling conflicts, Hershel was unfortunately unable to attend the Westward Look show this year, but the following shows were attended:

Click any of the links above to see the show report. We are also putting together a small report on Rob Lavinsky’s Chinese collection exhibited in the University of Arizona Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium special exhibit hall.

Below are a few sample photos from the reports.

Tucson Gem & Mineral Show™ Convention Center Entrance

Looking down into the main hall at the Tucson Gem & Mineral Show™

The InnSuites Show at the Hotel Tucson

Pueblo Show at the Riverpark Inn

22nd Street Show Giant Tent

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