[Rockhounds] MSP to Austin Rock Shops

[gary brown]

Hey, Kitty!

 

I think we visited all of them when we were in Hawai’I last summer (oh…the warmth!).

 

I’m hoping that Joplin, being in the heart of the Tri-State district might have something…

 

gcb

 

 

From: Kitty <kahako at hawaiiantel.net> 
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 2:13 PM
To: gary brown <gbrown at catspaw-minerals.com>; rockhounds at rockhounds.drizzle.com
Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] MSP to Austin Rock Shops

 

The only rock shop in Hilo closed some years ago (I know Kreigh Tomaszewski bought a specimen there when he visited us in 2003, and I don't remember whether it was still open when he and Axel Emmermann visited us in 2013).  I bought a lot of specimens when the owner had a closing sale. The owner told me that her sales were so down that she could not pay the rent for her shop, much less make a profit.

There are a couple of rock shops in Kailua Kona, but most of them feature "healing gems" and stuff meant for tourists, not rockhounds, and I don't know how they're doing financially. 

There is a rock shop on the north shore of the Big Island in the little town of Hawi called Star Light Hawaii Crystals & Treasures.  We were there a few yours ago and there was a large sheet of plywood nailed across it's front.  It seems a car-driver pulling out from a parking lot across the street hit the gas pedal instead of the brake, and plowed right through the front of the rock shop.  There was a hand-painted sign on the plywood saying: 

"We will re-open soon.  
This is NOT a drive-in rock shop!"

Aloha, Kitty


On 2/27/2019 6:19 AM, gary brown wrote:

We're heading down to Austin, [snip] any
suggestions for rock shops along the way?[snip] We've been seeing fewer and fewer
places on our jaunts.
 
Gary
 
 
 
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