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The 68th annual Tucson Gem & Mineral Show took place at the Tucson Convention Center from Feb. 9-12. This year, the theme was “SILICA: Agates and Opals and Quartz, Oh My!”

Enthusiasm and larger crowds marked the 2023 Tucson Gem & Mineral Show

Tereza Rascon
February 16, 2023
Leah Martinez, center left, examines an amethyst sphere in the Village Originals, Inc. at the Kino Gem Show during the annual Tucson Gem and Mineral Show on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017. Martinez, a Tucson native, attends the show almost every year and made a wind chime out of a unique collection of rocks from the show as a mothers day gift last year.

Gem Show travelers bring economic boom to Tucson

Steven Spooner
February 6, 2017
Vendors: Social media could draw students to gem show

Vendors: Social media could draw students to gem show

Melissa Vasquez
January 29, 2017
Luke Larson packs away ammonites to take back home to South Dakota on Sunday at the Mineral & Fossil Cooperative. Larson said this year marked his 10th year at the show and is the largest source of revenue for his family business.

Gem science explored

John McMullen
February 19, 2015
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