[meteorite-list] China Now Hosts The World's Largest Gemand Mineral Show

[Greg Hupe]

Personally I look forward to attending the Tucson Show 'Every' year. It is 
great to visit with old friends, meet new ones and buy some incredible 
meteorites along the way from room to room. I also take this time of year to 
go hunting in the surrounding areas of Arizona, Nevada and California... a 
Whirlwind of FUN, FRIENDS, FAMILY & ADVENTURE...... My favorite show is 
Ensisheim in June which is HUGE in that it is 'Meteorites Only' and we are 
one happy family of like-minded people!! :)

See you in the desert southwest...

Best Regards,
Greg

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-----Original Message----- 
From: Michael Farmer via Meteorite-list
Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2016 5:38 PM
To: Gary Fujihara ; Meteorite Mailing List
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] China Now Hosts The World's Largest Gemand 
Mineral Show

I was an exhibitor at all these shows in China. In Chenzhou last year the 
government ordered all
Business to close down and all people had paid holidays and free admission 
to the show. Attendance was mandatory. When the government in China orders 
you to attend, you attend.
One out of every 10-15000 of those people may have bought something.
China shows have 1% the buyers Tucson has.
Nice try, but why people that don't even attend either show feel the need to 
talk is beyond me.
Michael Farmer

> On Jan 24, 2016, at 7:55 AM, Gary Fujihara via Meteorite-list 
> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
>
> Numbers can be deceiving. One must ask what the percentage of vendors 
> (merchants) hosting booths or showrooms at both China and Tucson events 
> offer meteorites and impact related artifacts, and of them, what 
> percentage are authentic?
>
> Tucson may lose the distinction of being the largest gem and mineral show 
> in the world, but for the interests and purposes of those subscribed to 
> this list, it will never lose the honor of being the BEST show on earth 
> for the meteorite obsessed!
>
> gary
>
>> On Jan 23, 2016, at 8:07 AM, Raremeteorites via Meteorite-list 
>> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
>>
>> Dear List Members,
>>
>> I was shocked to hear that the Tucson Gem and Mineral show is no longer 
>> the world's largest.  It looks like China is in first place with 
>> attendance figures of over 380,000 for a four day event in 2015 compared 
>> to less than 40,000 for Tucson.
>>
>> http://www.friendsofmineralogy.org/newsletters/2015_Jul.pdf
>>
>> Maybe I should attend this year to add support for this American show 
>> that has been running since 1955 while the Chinese show has only existed 
>> for a mere 3 years.
>>
>> Adam
>>
>>
>>
>>
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