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OVERVIEW
Friday, August 21
Join Rob Lavinsky for an informal live chat and tour around The Arkenstone Gallery
Saturday, August 22
Analytical Techniques on Earth and Mars
Dr. Bob Downs (2013)
Exploring the Mines of Dal’Negorsk, Siberia
Rock Currier (2012)
Blistered Fingers: Field Collecting in the Western USA
John Cornish (2016)
The Tsavorite Story
Bruce Bridges (2017)
Formation of Open Pockets of Collectible Crystals in Metallic Deposits
Dr. Peter Megaw (2012)
Sunday, August 23
Live Tour at the Spanns
Gem-Forming Pegmatites: How Nature Makes Big, Clear Crystals
Dr. David London (2012)
Little Wonders: Connoisseur Thumbnails in the Contemporary Collector Market
Jim Houran (2014)
Tsumeb: A Mineralogical Paradise
Dr. Rob Bowell (2015)
Dangerous Beauty: Minerals of the Hindu Kush
Opening Afghanistan and Pakistan for Mineral Specimens
Herb Obodda (2012)
Around the World in 80 Years
Bob Jones (2018)