I hope this short show report will be of some interest to fellow Strahlen.
I had the pleasure this weekend to attend the annual Nunawading Gem & Minerals Show, held in the Eastern Suburbs of Melbourne. Victoria. Australia.
The weather was kind, a warm 28 C, which helped a good attendance at the show. By international standards, the show is small with only a dozen or so dealers, plus club sales stands and 30 odd displays. The Gemmological Society of Australia and the Mineralogical Society of Victoria also had stands promoting their activities and publications and of course membership and training courses.
The show had something for everyone including: minerals, beads, machinery and tools, cutting and faceting rough, carvings, meteorites and fossils as well as lots of people who just love rocks.
The most exciting thing for me was a parcel of Jeremejevite crystals from Erongo Namibia. The largest Jeremejevite measured 7.1 cm, possibly the worlds largest record single crystal. Whilst these were not on matrix unfortunately, ther were associated with some nice small Schorl Crystals and some had Hyalite overgrowths on their terminations.
Another piece that really caught my eye was an unusual quartz crystal from the White Rock Quarry in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia. It was a gemmy quartz a little under 8 kilo's with a second translucent crystal growing up one side, both were terminated.
Prices appeared to be good and some traders appeared to be very busy. For the bargain hunter, the Nunawading Club offered awide range of material at very low prices from members. Lots of cutting rough and minerals from all over Australia including lots of Agates and micromaterial. While I was late for the opening I was able to get sme nice micromaterial including a Sielkeckite, Stillwellite from the Northern Territory, a couple of Pyromorphites from Broken Hill and a Roeburn West Australian Erthyrite with ????
There were a number of nice European specimens on offered including a matrix diamond from Mir, Bad Ems Pyromorphite's, Rutile from Bavone Valley Switzerland and quite a few specimens from out parts of the world.
Now if I can get some photo's sorted I will add them to this summary
Regards
Jon
A Strahlen Downunder