Andy Comas unlocked the Ausrox Nugget each day under the watchful guard of the Tucson Police Dept.

Andy positioned the Ausrox Nugget in its display cabinet each day of the show much to the delight of onlookers marvelling at its size.

Rob Sielecki and Andy Comas are proud to display the Ausrox Nugget in its first public display outside of Australia since its discovery in June 2010.

Tucson police officers, Mikeal Allen & Mark Evanoff assisted in the security of the nugget for the duration of the show.

Officer Evanoff assists the first youngest person to hold the Ausrox Nugget at the show.

Even big Chief Stoutmeyer got in on the act of assisting in the security of the nugget.

Andy could not resist saying, “Call that a nugget?” to Curator Dr Anthony (Tony) Kampf of the LA Museum. The museum’s Petersen Nugget, is a tiddler at 109 troy ozs when compared to the Ausrox Nugget at 24.23 kgs. It is California’s second largest gold nugget in known existence.

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This mega gold crystal is from Alta Floresta, Mato Grosso in Brazil. Although it is not currently on display, it is a brilliant specimen of a gold crystal.

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The Golden Bear

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Following are some spectacular specimens that form part of the mineral collection of the LA Museum. The selected photos show gold in a number of different habits.

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Rob Sielecki (in the Mustang behind the U-Haul truck) lining up to set-up and unload stock for the Ausrox / Crystal Universe stand at the Tucson Main Show.

“Where do I start?”

The Ausrox / Crystal Universe stand ready for business.

The Ausrox Gold collection of nuggets available for purchase.

The Screaming Man was one of the prominent nuggets Ausrox had on display.
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As the theme of the 2011 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show was Minerals of California, a number of the featured displays had fantastic gold specimens. Following are just some of the specimens that were on display:

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Spectacular specimen from the Keith & Mauna Proctor Collection, Colorado Springs, Colorado

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The Ausrox / Crystal Universe team in Tucson. With their help, the show was a success.