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May 2019. Texas Mineral Show, Conroe, TX April 25-28, 2019,

1. Southern California Zeolites and Agate on the 101, Collecting Kanan Road
2. Collecting Blue Kyanite in Philadephia Pennsylvania!
3. The Easter Pocket! – Collecting Tourmaline at the type locality
4. Barite from Palos Verdes California, collecting a legacy
5. The Summit Mine, Montan and amazing Hemimorphite Crystals
6. 2002’s Dragon’s Mouth Pocket, Amazonite crystals found in Colorado
7. The Complete Reference and Guide to the Minerals of Idaho (bookreview)
8. Minerals, Fossils, and Fluorescents of Arizona (bookreview)
9. Cleaning Minerals and Fossils
19. John Cornish’s 2005 Idaho Heulandite Dig
20. New Discovery of Crystallized Gold from the Mockingbird Mine
21. 2006 Fall Denver Show & Topaz Mountain Collecting Trip
22. Radioactive Boltwoodite: New Method Mine, Amboy CA
24. Radioactive Boltwoodite: Goanikontes, Namibia
25. Three Days at the North Home Mine, MT
26. Gemcaper 2006; Austin Gem & Mineral Society
29. Collecting Coyote Range Garnets w/ Cal Graeber
30. Sneak Peak of the Philadelphia Collection

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