The QIA Powwow in Quartzsite
Picking Megalodon Teeth at the Powwow
Vendors located in the QIA Building.
Gem Grade Rainbow Petrified Wood
Bumblebee (not) Jasper
Blue Cornetite in Chrysocolla on Heterogenite from the Congo
I did not know Dino’s wore armor.
Tubs of slabs as far as the eyes can see.
This seemed like Steampunk meeting Punk
About 500 Vendors here at the Powwow
The dealer was proud of his Rainbow Wood. It was nice gem grade stuff.
Picking one of a thousand tubs.
Yep, I’m on it
a great slab of Pink Amethyst Lace; bought this one.
A beautiful desert drive. Between Quartzsite and Parker.
The QIA Pow Wow Rock Show has been operating for almost 50 years, offering rockhounds a down-home type of rock show to find cabs, slabs, stone, and equipment. A fledgling Quartzsite Improvement Association hosted a small rock show back then which has become a sort of Mecca, with people returning year after year.
Many other locales in Quartzsite have rocks and minerals. One of the largest sellers of rough rock are T-Rock, at the very west end of Main Street. 50 gallon drums and tables piled high with rough rock of all kinds fill their lot. The prices are very fair and Mike and Teresa are top notch people (From the U.P. of Michigan).
We walked our legs to exhaustion at the Pow Wow and then a quick stop at T-Rocks, and a trip down one aisle at Desert Gardens. We bought one rock there and left. We were tired out!
T-Rock
Lots of Rough at T-Rock
Bonnie looking for rough rock.
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