Tucson and the gem show |
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 Tucson Down Town in February 2003. |
 The gemshow starts. |
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 Jeff Graham the autor of uncounted faceting diagrams |
 browses trough the swiss journal TRES'OR. |
 Katerina Kestemont during gemstone shopping. |
 Demonstration of faceting. | |
 The gemshow offers ever year new surprises, for example a 20 cm gold nugget, named "The 4th of july". |
 Goldnugget 228.42 oz gold content estimated 173.83 oz Purity 95-98 % |
 Found by Debra Morrisette and Pieter Heydelaar in Australia. |
 An other discovery, the gasoline powered motordrill. Must be a shure sign, the smell of gasoline is a fetisch, and life considered a roadmovie, at least for the inventor of this declaration of independence for jewelers. | |
 Tucson offers also landscape. |
 The Texas Canyon 1 hour 30 minutes south of Tucson, |
 is only one of the beautiful views to discover. |
 Desert what a ugly word for the paradis of cactus. | |
 Texas Canyon |
 Texas Canyon |
 Texas Canyon |
 The San Xavier Mission built by the spanish missionaries, remains us that Arizona once was part of Mexico. | |
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I am for more than 10 years visiting the gemshow in Tucson. The show has become very familiar since, and I consider one year without Tucson as a lost year. I really appreciate the excange of ideas between lapidary's and jewelers. |  | ||
 Katerina Kestemont demonstrates |
 gemstone carving techniques. |
 Yvan Robert demonstrates the Raytech cabbing machine. |
 Nancy Modehn and Raytech President Thomas Heffron. | |
 Zoisite, Tanzanite |
 Garnet |
 Zoisite, Tanzanite |
 Garnet, Tsavorite | |