ツーソンジェムショー
今日はツーソンジェムショーを紹介します。
米アリゾナ州第二の都市ツーソンは人口約６０万人で、砂漠の中のオアシス的な街です。
飛行機好きをうならせるピマ航空宇宙博物館や変化に富んだ景色でサボテンを楽しめるサワロ国立公園が有名。
ツーソンジェムショーは毎年１月下旬から２月中旬にかけて開催される世界一のミネラルショーで、宝石、鉱物、化石、隕石などが世界中から集まります。ツーソンのあちこちに50近い会場があり、1000以上のベンダーが店を出します。買い付けに来る日本人もよく見かけましたよ。
Today I’d like to talk about the Tucson Gem Show.
Tucson, the second-largest city in Arizona with a population of approximately 600,000, is like an oasis in the desert. Tucson is known for attractions like the Pima Air and Space Museum and Saguaro National Park. My father loved Pima Air and Space Museum very much.
The Tucson Gem Show is the largest mineral show in the world and held annually from late January to mid-February. You can find gemstones, minerals, fossils and meteorites from all over the world. There are about 50 show locations in the Tucson city, with over 1,000 vendors. I often see Japanese visitors who have come to buy gemstones and minerals for their shops.
特徴ですが、
とにかくスケールがでかい！
First of all, everything is big!
記念撮影用の大きなジャスパーの椅子、ベンチに無造作に立てかけられた化石、恐竜の脚。
こんな化石も売ってる！最近よく見かける樹脂製の模造品ではなく本物です。
ステゴサウルスの背ビレ欲しくなったけど、予算的に当然ムリでした。
Extremely large jasper chair for taking a photo, the fossil casually propped up on a bench and a huge dinosaur leg.
Dinosaur head fossils were on sale and they were real fossils of course.
Stegosaurus dorsal fin was really attractive but it was too expensive for me.
こんな素敵な水晶もあります。
You can find gorgeous quartz crystals.
日本でも人気のオーシャンジャスパー、引き付けれらる模様です。
Ocean jasper, which was popular in Japan, seems to attract people.
