QUARTZSITE, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) - The population of the small ... Quartzsite’s numerous gem shows bring in over a million people each year. Some vendors even saw a boom at the start of COVID.

The showcase first made its debut in 1955 and started off as a very small show organized by the Tucson Gem & Mineral Society at a local elementary school, according to the Arizona Daily Star.

Just northeast of the University of Arizona lies one of Tucson’s breathtaking Gem, Mineral & Fossil Shows. The Mineral Village Show on North Oracle Road fills an entire block with rare gem ...

It is a collection of about 50 gem shows across the city. "Human beings are fundamentally attracted to bright shiny objects," said Peter Megaw, Exhibits Chairman of the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show.

designers and collectors — arrive in southern Arizona to buy and sell colored stones at dozens of gem and mineral shows staged in hotel rooms, parking lots and tents across town. The shows ...

Arizona is a land shaped by time itself ... This is why the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show is not just a market for collectors — it is a cathedral of time. It is a place to marvel at Earth ...

(KVOA) — It's almost that time of the year. Get ready for the City of Tucson to be busier than usual, as the 2025 Tucson Gem Show is rolling into town. The 2025 Tucson Gem show is getting set ...

TUCSON, Ariz. — A man from the Phoenix area discovered a new gemstone, and is displaying it for the first time at the 22nd Street Gem Show. John Hornewer has been mining his whole life.

Theft is a crime as old as time. An Arizona man swiped a dinosaur claw worth $25,000 from a gem show and was caught when he tried to resell it at the same event, police said. Cops said Christopher ...