Weird Things at Rock Shows
Electric Park (if you get there early)
What's in the bags?
Moroccan Geodes are in the bags.
Two shows in the same area exhibit the most diverse and eclectic stuff. The Tucson Kino Sports Complex has both the Electric Park Show and The Rock Show (That we call the RV Show).
The Rock Show is mostly a tailgate type show where vendors sell on tables on the side of their RV’s. There are many slabs and much rough. I find it great fun to search through the many containers filled with water-covered slabs. I found a Moroccan agate that was pretty and asked the guy if he had any more of it. He told me that a kid had just been through and picked out the best pieces. I found a couple in the bin that he missed. It is not fun when a 7 year old outpicks you before you got there. That vendor really did not have to tell me that.
Malachite $2000, The Rhodocrosite behind it was $1100.
A genuine Rock Fish.
Got room for a new coffee table?
Not a Malachite Man.
At a Rock Show? Come on...
I liked these wine racks.
Some bought ALL these and left many skull collectors wanting.
Would you believe a Steer Head Robot. Made from junk.
An Alien made from junk.
Detail of all the junk.
Tiffany Stone Rough.
Bumblebee rough.
After fun at the Rock Show we looked at Electric Park, with a wide variety of fun stuff.
I also went to the Diamond Pacific Tent, as well as the Graves area. Graves was also selling Covington Machines. I did not see anything new at the DP area, but did learn a couple tips on my X-pert (grinding machine).
I tried to find new stuff in equipment, but nothing new. I did find a couple things you may not know about.
I thought a little sphere machine from Covington was cute. I was told that many marble collectors use this little machine to polish their valuable and old marbles, but anyone could use this machine to cut Agate or other stone marbles on it up to an inch.
I saw a massive Covington grinding unit with 8″ expando drums. This thing could do some damage on larger rocks.
Most importantly I bought a new 4″ or 5″ saw with a -1/4 HP Motor. It will be waiting for me at the end of my journey. All the stuff I bought here in Tucson and at Quartzite will be first to test the blades!
A cute little Marble Making Machine from Covington.
Covington 8" Expandable Drum Unit, variable speed, sealed bearings, 1/2hp high Torque Motor...Nice
My New 4" Unit.
Today was not expensive at all. Oh, I guess with the new saw it was! (I think that my old saw was in such bad shape that I didn’t even consider this an expense!) Anyway, what I mean to say was even though I saw lots of rough rock I did not see much I didn’t already have.