The Mineral & Fossil Co-op on Oracle Road in Tucson is a showcase of fantastic specimens as well as artifacts, beads, carvings and meteorites. Photo: Jim Parrish.

The guest speaker for our March meeting will be SDMG museum curator and past society president Jim Parrish. He will give a version of his annual Show 'N' Tell presentation: Eighteen Days in Tucson. Jim will share his impression of the shows he visited this year along with the unique and interesting mineral finds he discovered. Jim has an immersive knowledge of minerals and a great eye for fine specimens. The theme of the main show this year was pegmatite crystals, so Jim plans on showcasing some of the exemplary pegmatite minerals he saw on display. 

Smoky quartz in amazonite from Lake George, a new locality in Teller County, Colorado. Photo: Jim Parrish.