Houston Mineral Show April 26th – 28th in Conroe Texas
sign greeting you to the Texas mineral show.
The Houston mineral show, with an all star lineup of mineral and gem dealers, had its inaugural show this year.
Texas gem show at the Conroe Convention Center.
The show was in a lovely convention center, open air, which is preferable to some than the other option, stuck in your hotel room. Being the first year, the dealers had plenty of time to sneak away and see their friends and look for rocks others had for their own clients.
We looked around and took photos of some of our favorite minerals at the show. Many of these dealers have websites you can find right here on The-Vug.com. enjoy our 2019 Houston Mineral Show report.
yellow garnets on matrix from San Benito County California
green tourmaline from brazil
Japanese Law Twinned quartz crystals, in amethyst, from Madagascar
hand mined Celestite out of Austin Texas area
Blake Barnett is a mineral dealer from Texas who has not only some very fine minerals, but also, some selections of Texas mined minerals, including plenty of gem celestite crystals.
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Colby’s Outback Rock Shop was in the side hall and had handcrafted custom knives and grips made out of beautiful stone
a selection of stone handled knives.
leopard skin jasper used as a knife handle.
Cornerstone Minerals, owned by greg turner out of Weaverville nc always comes with a fine selection of minerals and beautiful custom thumbnail cases that they manufacture.
yellow calcite on top of purple fluorite
black tourmaline spray from namibia
display case for thumbnail crystals
postcard showing cornerstone minerals locations
cornerstone business card
colorful red and blue tourmaline crystal
Greg said the most photographed specimen in his case is that calcite on fluorite. Well. Thats because it is a winner. Call up greg and buy that rock.
smithsonite on matrix
siderite crystal from mont saint hilare
orange wulfenite on matrix from los lamentos mexico
Crystal Classics out of the UK did an amazing job on the display case presentations, showcasing beautiful minerals from worldwide locations
Dillons agate banner
Dillion’s Agates was in the side room. For sale they had some very fine agates from various locations, cut and polished, as these photos show
tube agate
selection of polished agate halves.
Don Olson card
Donald Olson and his charming wife Gloria were vending their goods at the show, including fine cabs and jewelry but also some outstanding minerals. Check out this great copper included calcite and the bold blue hemimorphite
native copper inside a cluster of calcite crystals
bold blue hemimorphite from china
East coast gems card
These fine folks were in the side hall. I was informed you can find them on facebook. They had some nice wire wrapped mineral cabochons.
wire wrapped pendants
metal wire wrapped stone pendants
Excel minerals card
Excel is a dealer you can find at mineral shows, featuring some very fine gems from Pakistan and Afghanistan.
a very large tourmaline on matrix
pink apatite crystal
The Brucites that have been coming out, you certainly cant go wrong snagging one or three to put away. Most brucite deposits are fairly short lived.
yellow brucite from Pakistan
The focal crystal card
purple fluorite on green fluorite matrix
smithsonite kelley mine new mexico
The Focal Crystal does amazing photography and featured a few dozen top quality specimens like the ones featured above
Goekrazy
floater corner of fluorite
garnet on matrix
photo of fine minerals in a display case
very long isolated hemimorphite crystal on matrix
Geokrazy has such a great eye for fine minerals. We would be happy to take any if these home!
Texas Show Report April 2019 part 1