[meteorite-list] Tucson '09 - It's a Wrap

[Notkin]

Dear Listees:

Greetings from the meteorite capital of the world.

The 2009 gem show is now part of history. We spent Saturday afternoon  
breaking down our displays, and the movers arrived at noon on Sunday  
to truck our show cases back to my office. Anne Black hit the road for  
Denver after lunch. The big tents are coming down, and forklift trucks  
are loading heavy palettes of amethyst cathedrals into containers down  
by I-10.

We were open for fifteen straight days, plus a few more for loading in  
and loading out. It's a long haul, very tiring, but also exciting and  
rewarding, particularly with so many friends and colleagues from the M- 
List stopping by Suite 230 to say hello.

I'd like to thank Anne Black for being such a fabulous showroom  
partner, Steve Arnold #1 for bringing some great Brenham specimens  
along and for just being himself, and our showroom assistants Lisa  
Marie and Tim Arbon who patiently and endlessly answered questions  
along the lines of: "How do you know it's really from Mars?"

The '09 Birthday Bash and Harvey Awards were, IMO, the best ever, and  
I tip my hat to Chicago Steve for snapping some excellent shots. If  
any List members have other good photos from the party -- especially  
of the Harvey winners accepting their awards -- please email me off- 
List, as I could use some additional shots. Congrats to the '09 Harvey  
Award winners. Richly deserved, every one.

Dr. Larry Lebofsky and I will co-author a photo essay about the '09  
show for the May issue of "Meteorite," and I hope you will enjoy that.


In the meantime, I invite you to visit my new meteorite blog, where I  
have published a brief show wrap-up and a few photos:

http://www.meteoriteblog.org

Special thanks to Jim Breitinger for the portrait photo.


And especially our thanks to everyone who flew or drove in to Tucson  
to be part of the greatest show on earth.

James Bond will return in . . . I mean the gem show will return in  
2010 -- the year we make contact, as Arthur C. Clarke once predicted.

Less than 49 weeks to go.


Cheers from Tucson,

Geoff N.

www.aerolite.org
www.meteoriteblog.org
www.tucsongemandmineralshows.net