Sunday, May 6, 2012

NEW EZ-Guide! Meet the NYC Metro Show Guide!


Have you met the new kid in town? The 2012 New York City Metropolitan Area Gem Show AKA “NYC Metro Show”!
Download the complete NYCMetro Show Guide at: http://www.xpopress.com/NYC-show-schedule.html
The show may be new but the promoter is a Tucson & Denver veteran…with exhibitors of fine minerals, exquisite fossils, real dinosaurs, meteorites, gems, jewelry, gold, silver, turquoise, opals, petrified wood, and much more.
So stop in – but bring you running shoes for the 65,000 sq. foot Meadowlands Exposition Center. Located in Secaucus New Jersey, just four miles from New York City via the Lincoln Tunnel.
Start planning your show visit TODAY – download the complete NYCMetro Show Guide…view exhibitors, check out floor plans and more!
Triebold Paleontology will be setting up five dinosaur skeletons to include an Appalachiosaurus (Eastern Tyrannosaurid) and Lephorothon in a “kill scene” in the lobby, as well as a Triceratops, Edmontosaurus, and  Thescelosaurus on the main exhibition floor.
NEW ANNOUNCEMENT! Heritage Auctions, the world’s premier natural history auction house, will display a 23-foot long Tyrannosaurus at the show. This specimen is expected to exceed $1 million at their New York City auction one week later. See it here first!
See the New York debut of the life-size “American Woman” sculpture by Francisco Sotomayor. She reclines on a life-size grand piano and was carved from a single 21-ton block of marble. She has been to 26 western US cities, but never before east of the Mississippi. Meet the artist and have him sign a free marble chip that came from the original block of marble. She will be featured on the NY morning shows, but come see her in person! If you missed out on viewing this amazing work of art at the Tucson Gem Show a while back – catch it here!
SHOW THEME: “Mexican Minerals”
GUEST SPEAKERS: Tom Moore (Editor, The Mineralogical Record), Bob Jones (Senior Editor, Rock & Gem Magazine), Debra Colodner (Education Director, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum), and Mark Candee (Curator, University of Arizona Mineral Museum).
Please Sign Up at the Lecture Area to Ensure a Seat!
FRIDAY
10 am: Debra Colodner - The Geology and Minerals of Baja California (30 min)
11 am:  Bob Jones - The Giant Selenite Cave in Mexico (45 minutes)
1 pm:    Mark Candee - Early Collecting: Recollecting Dr. Charles ‘Slim’ Thompson’s 1947 Oujela Mine Adventures (35 min)
2 pm:   Tom Moore - History & Minerals of the Ojuela Mine (120 min w/break)
SATURDAY
10 am: Debra Colodner - The Geology and Minerals of Baja California (30 min)
11 am:  Bob Jones - Mexican Azurite – Among the World’s Best (45 minutes)
1 pm:   Mark Candee - Early Collecting: Recollecting Dr. Charles ‘Slim’ Thompson’s 1947 Oujela Mine Adventures (35 min)
2 pm:   Tom Moore - History & Minerals of the Ojuela Mine (120 min w/break)
SUNDAY
10 am: Bob Jones - Mineral Collecting in Mexico (45 minutes)
11 am:  Mark Candee - Early Collecting: Recollecting Dr. Charles ‘Slim’ Thompson’s 1947 Oujela Mine Adventures (35 min)
1 pm:   Tom Moore - History & Minerals of the Ojuela Mine (120 min w/break)

May 10, Thursday (5 pm – 9 pm) Professionals Only**
May 11, Friday (9 am – 7 pm) EVERYONE Welcome!
May 12, Saturday (9 am – 7 pm) EVERYONE Welcome!
May 13, Sunday (9 am – 4 pm) EVERYONE Welcome!
Meadowlands Exposition Center
355 Plaza Drive, Secaucus, New Jersey 07094
Port Authority Bus #320 to our Front Door!
Free Parking, $5 Entrance, Children under 12 Free with Adult!