

Granada Mineral Showcase JG&M Expo at Michigan Street JG&M Expo at Simpson Street JK Stone Tucson Warehouse Show JOGS Tucson Gem & Jewelry Show Just Minerals and Crystals Event - Tucson Kent’s Jewelry, Lapidary, Tool & Supply Show Kino Gem & Mineral Show La Fuente de Piedras Show Madagascar Import SEAM Gem Show Madagascar Minerals® Gem Show Mineral & Fossil Co-op Mineral & Fossil Marketplace Mineral City Show Mineral Vault, The Miners Co-op Rock Show Pueblo Gem & Mineral Show Raining Rocks Rapa River Gem & Mineral Show RMGM Tucson Mineral & Fossil Show - Oracle Road Tucson Fine Mineral Gallery, The Tucson Gem & Mineral Show® Tucson Showplace Tucson Whole Bead Show.Tucson Artisan Workshops Enter the Earth Wholesale Warehouse Show Fine Minerals International Show Fossil & Mineral Alley G&LW Tucson Gem Show / Gem Mall G&LW Tucson Gem Show / Holidome Gem & Jam Festival GIGM - Globex/Red Lion Inn Gem & Mineral Show GIGM - Motel 6 Gem & Mineral Show GIGM - Quality Inn Gem & Mineral Show GJX Gem & Jewelry Exchange Granada Gallery.Below, we offer a highly debatable list of Tucson’s finest stones, in ascending order of suggested retail value.View the Tucson Gem, Mineral & Fossil Showcase Shows at this showcase: 1801 Oracle - Mineral Village Show 1820 Oracle Wholesale Show 22nd Street Mineral, Fossil, Gem & Jewelry Show African Art Village AGTA GemFair™ Tucson American Indian Arts & Collectibles American Indian Arts Expo Arizona Independent Warehouse Show Colors of the Stone “the Tent,” located across the street from the convention center - and assembled a list of the rarest and most expensive gems to be found, some as loose stones and others set into jewels. Robb Report surveyed dealers at two of the city’s most respected fairs - the AGTA GemFair at the Tucson Convention Center and the GJX show, a.k.a. “I’ve never seen a stone this brilliant before,” Silver said, as he cradled the 5-carater between his fingers and showed off its Platonic red glow.įor all its beauty, however, the ruby was far from the show’s most superlative stone.


Silver managed to snag a 5.07-carat heart-shaped ruby that earned a coveted “classic Mozambique” rating from New York-based American Gemological Laboratories, the country’s premier colored stone grading lab. “I made 20 to 25 fair offers on stones and was declined 95 percent of the time.”īut the trip wasn’t a total bust. “A lot of dealers are feeling very good because they’ve had such a strong year, and they’re asking big prices,” Silver told Robb Report.
