Photos: Meet the geology explorer and the meteorite hunter
With the Tucson Gem, Mineral and Fossil Showcase right around the corner, it's time to start meeting some of the players in the ever-popular annual festival. Get to know Peter Megaw, an exploration geologist, and Michael Farmer, a meteorite hunter.
Meterorite Hunter
Michael Farmer holds a slice from the Springwater Meteorite, found in 1931 in Saskatchewan, Canada, from his private collection in Tucson, AZ. Farmer has been a meteorite hunter for almost 20 years. He got his start at the Tucson Gem, Mineral and Fossil Showcase. Photo taken Wednesday, January 22, 2014. Photo by Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star.
Meterorite Hunter
A box of meteorite fragments from the Chelyabinsk meteor that entered Earth's atmosphere over Russia on February 15, 2013 is part of the collection of Michael Farmer in Tucson, AZ. Farmer has been a meteorite hunter for almost 20 years. He got his start at the Tucson Gem, Mineral and Fossil Showcase. Photo taken Wednesday, January 22, 2014. Photo by Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star.
Peter Megaw
Peter Megaw, exhibits chair for the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, displays minerals from a mine in Durango, Mexico at his north side home on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014, in Tucson, Ariz. Megaw has spent nearly 40 years amassing his personal collection, comprised of years of field work in visiting international mines and museums. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Peter Megaw
Michael Farmer holds a slice he owns of the Springwater meteorite, found in 1931 in Saskatchewan, Canada. Farmer has been a meteorite hunter for almost 20 years.
Peter Megaw
Peter Megaw, exhibits chair for the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, displays colorful smithsonite and related minerals from the San Antonio Mine in Chihuahua, Mexico at his north side home on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014, in Tucson, Ariz. Megaw has spent nearly 40 years amassing his personal collection, comprised of years of field work in visiting international mines and museums. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Meterorite Hunter
A box of meteorite fragments from the Chelyabinsk meteor, which entered Earth’s atmosphere over Russia last year.
Peter Megaw
Peter Megaw, exhibits chair for the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, organizes and labels some of his specimens for display at this year's show while working at his north side home on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014, in Tucson, Ariz. Megaw has spent nearly 40 years amassing his personal collection, comprised of years of field work in visiting international mines and museums. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Peter Megaw
Peter Megaw, exhibits chair for the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, displays rhodochrosite, top, and calcite from the El Potosi Mine in Chihuahua, Mexico at his north side home on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014, in Tucson, Ariz. Megaw has spent nearly 40 years amassing his personal collection, comprised of years of field work in visiting international mines and museums. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Meterorite Hunter
Meteorite fragments from the Chelyabinsk meteor that entered Earth's atmosphere over Russia on February 15, 2013 is part of the collection of Michael Farmer in Tucson, AZ. Some of these small pieces are valued for their distinctive shapes and flow lines. Farmer has been a meteorite hunter for almost 20 years. He got his start at the Tucson Gem, Mineral and Fossil Showcase. Photo taken Wednesday, January 22, 2014. Photo by Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star.