Thomas Farley, avid rockhound, blogger (www.southwestrockhounding.com) author, and Rock & Gem community member and occasional contributor, shared a few views he experienced at the 2020 QIA Pow Wow Gem & Mineral Show, held in Quartzsite, Arizona in mid-January.
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With all of the rough and specimens for sale at the QIA Pow Wow Johnson Brothers Lapidary was present and ready with lapidary belts, blades, and other supplies and tools.
Part of any great road trip is coming across views that take your breath away, like this of the Colorado River.
It’s never fun to have buyer’s remorse, and fortunately for Thomas, he was able to avoid this feeling by revisiting the booth of dealer Alexander Biagula to purchase the eudialyte cabochon he really wanted, as opposed to the piece he had purchased earlier because it was in his budget.
Now this vehicle has a perfect message. The owner is the woman behind the popular Instagram account @geologistonboard.
Jeffrey Anderson, owner of Dwarves Earth Treasures, enjoys the sunshine and visiting with fans of geodes, as they stop to review his inventory of geodes and agates.
This enchanting selection of Indonesian jade cores stopped Thomas in his tracks as he made his way through the QIA Pow Wow.