Huge gem-show tent frames litter the entry to Tucson along I-10 at a time when many gem and mineral businesses are moving to permanent structures. The tents should come down.
- Demion Clinco Special to the Arizona Daily Star
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OPINION: "We need to collectively support the leaders who are championing this effort and back the initiatives that create long-term revenue to keep Tucson transit fare-free," writes Demion Clinco, a community advocate and former state legislator.
- Rebecca Sasnett, Arizona Daily Star
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Terry Schurmeier, left, visiting from New Mexico, and Victoria Roberts, visiting from California, look at minerals from Silver Rain Bird in th…
- Rick Wiley
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The Tucson Gem Show is now among the largest of its kind in the country and the showcase has grown to include more than 50 satellite shows aro…
- Jesse Tellez
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After a long day of hunting for brightly-colored geodes and dinosaur skulls, try these Tucson spots that have opened since the gem show last c…
- Rebecca Sasnett / Arizona Daily Star
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Terry Schurmeier, a la izquierda, de visita desde Nuevo México, y Victoria Roberts, de visita desde California, observan los minerales de Silv…
- Rebecca Sasnett / Arizona Daily Star
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Terry Schurmeier, left, visiting from New Mexico, and Victoria Roberts, visiting from California, look at minerals from Silver Rain Bird in th…
- Gerald M. Gay
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The University of Arizona's Alfie Norville Gem & Mineral Museum covers a lot of ground with more than 3,000 specimens on display.
- Gloria Knott
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With much of Tucson's massive annual gem showcase absent until spring, here are nine year-round places to pick up all your favorite gem show finds — rocks, gems, jewelry and even meteorites.
- Rebecca Sasnett / Arizona Daily Star
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A vendor adjusts her mask at the Kino Gem and Mineral Show in January 2020. It wouldn’t be until early April that the Centers for Disease Cont…
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