THE FIRST CHINA (CHANGSHA) Mineral and Gem Show 15-20 May 2013

摘要

Despite Hunan Province being home to a number of carbonate replacement deposits and skarns similar to those I (Peter) work on in Mexico, we have somehow never got-ten there or anywhere else in China for that matter. Thus it was with pleasant anticipation that we accepted the invitation of the organizers of the First China (Changsha) Mineral and Gem Show (CMGS) to attend as their guests to advise on exhibits. When the Tucson Gem and Mineral Society? (TGMSIM) got wind of this, they named me (Peter) the official TGMS? ambassador to the Changsha Show. So armed with letters of congratulations and TGMS Show? posters (2005 Minerals of China), we headed over to what was being billed as the "Oriental Tucson Show" to see whether it was possible to build a Tucson- or Munich-scale show essentially overnight.