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MSA MEETING PROGRAM & PLACE

Franciscan Renewal Center, (Piper Hall),

April 16, 2026 @ 7.30 pm Arizona time

"Showtime Sparkle:

The 2026 Tucson Mineral Photo Romp”

Presented by

JEFF SCOVIL

APRIL

Mineral of the Month:

FAVORITE

2026 TUCSON SHOW MINERAL

(Okay to bring 1-2 examples)

* Please bring refreshments to share.

* MEETING will be (In-Person and Zoom).

Mineralogical Society of Arizona (MSA) is excited to feature a luminary of our hobby for our April 16 program on “Showtime Sparkle: The 2026 Tucson Mineral Photo Romp” presented by MSA Past President and MSA Hall of Famer, Jeff Scovil.  Join legendary mineral photographer Jeff Scovil as he unveils a dazzling selection of images captured across the 2026 Tucson shows and enjoy this debut preview of the many beautiful photos he snapped.

Jeff is a world-renowned mineral photographer, author and lecturer. He travels all over the United States, Canada and Europe photographing at minerals shows and for private collectors, dealers and museums and writes reports on what is new at shows for several mineral magazines. Jeff lectures at Mineral shows, symposia and for mineral clubs across North America and Europe including Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Wolfach and Siegen, Germany, Lwowek, Silesia, Poland; Kongsberg, Norway and Beijing, China. He is a regular presenter at the Cincinnati Mineral Show and does the annual report on what is New at the Rochester Mineral Symposium.

Jeff is Associate Photographer for Rocks & Minerals, The Mineralogical Record and our own The Rockhound Record. He is recipient of the prestigious 2007 Carnegie Mineralogical Award and 2014 inductee in Mineralogical Society of Arizona Hall of Fame.  Jeff is an MSA Milestone Life Member and MSA President 1985 and 1991.

For 30+ years Jeff has run the Seminar in Mineral Photography at the Tucson Gem & Mineral Show® as well as the Mineral Photography Competition. Over 15 of the posters for the Tucson Gem & Mineral Show® have featured Jeff’s photographs. His work has also graced show posters in Ste. Marie-aux-Mines, Grenoble, Lyon and Paris (all in France), Siegen, Wolfach and Munich, Germany and Peshawar, Pakistan. Displays of Jeff’s work as prints have been held at numerous Mineral museums worldwide.

Jeff’s work has appeared several times in Arizona Highways including a special Gallery section devoted to his photos of Arizona minerals. He is also a regular contributor and is on the mastheads of Lapis (Germany), Le Regne Mineral (France), Lapis International and is a contributor to Revista Mineralogia (Spain), Mineralienwelt (Germany), Otoczak (Poland) as well as World of Stone and the Mineralogical Almanac (Russia). Jeff’s first major publication was the fine “coffee table book” Minerals by George Robinson, published contributor to include by Simon and Schuster (1994). In 1996 Jeff published Photographing Minerals, Fossils & Lapidary Arts (Geoscience Press) and is the only book ever written on the subject. Jeff has also written several articles on locality mineralogy for the Mineralogical Record and Rocks and Minerals as well as travelogues on his trips to China, Russia and Madagascar. He averages 23 magazine and book covers and over 1,000 published photos each year.

Meeting starts at 7.30PM Arizona time.