A quick photo report of last weekend‘s mineral show at Haywards Heath organized by the Sussex Mineral and Lapidary Society (SMLS)The main hall at the showThe mindat.org table. Selling some unwanted minerals and promoting the conference.Crystal Classics cabinets at the showDiana Schlegel from Crystal ClassicsBornite on Blister Copper from Cornwall, Crystal Classics specimenAzurite from New Mexico - Crystal Classics specimenLibethenite from Zambia..

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 A quick photo report of last weekend's mineral show at Haywards Heath organized by the Sussex Mineral and Lapidary Society (SMLS)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This year the theme of the competition was 'Self-collected minerals', and the judge was Ivor Thurgood, who has been involved in the mineral business for many decades, and used to run the biggest mineral shows in the UK (up until the early 1990s).