Two amazing events have occurred that mineral collectors need to know about. Maybe that's too strong a statement for the second item, but the event that is taking place in China as you read this is certainly amazing. It will raise awareness of collectible minerals and the supply of good specimens in that vast country! In the February 2010 issue of Rock & Gem magazine, I described the important specimen mining activities of The Collector's Edge, of Golden, Colorado. On a visit to Golden in mid-April, I learned of another event initiated by the company that just about knocked me over! The directors of the Geological Museum of China, that country's official museum, had invited Collector's Edge to work with them to assemble "Mineral Treasures of the World", an ambitious two-month exhibition of superb worldwide minerals to be held in the museum's great hall. After a lot of sometimes difficult negotiations with Chinese officials, "Mineral Treasures" started on May 18 and will run through July 18.
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