[cid:image001.jpg@01DBCEE6.84353100]June 4 Webinar Do you want a more personal, in-depth connection with some of the most fascinating people in the mineral world? Tune in on the first Wednesday of each month and listen to our LIVE interview series where we sit down with guests from all over the world and talk rocks. Collectors, Curators, Curatrixes, Artists, Researchers, Publishers, Dealers and more. We get into their origin stories and get updated on some of the things they're working on now. It's always fun, often educational and one of the best ways to learn more about the people who make the mineral world what it is. You are invited to the next Zoom webinar: Mineral Talks LIVE 4 June 2025 1:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Register: http://go.mineraltalkslive.com/register After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Speaker Bruce Bridges [cid:image002.jpg@01DBCEE6.84353100] Bruce Bridges is the son of Campbell Bridges, the discoverer of the vivid, pure green variety of garnet known as tsavorite, and the person to bring the first variety of blue zoisite, known as tanzanite, for identification to the United States. Campbell Bridges was also Tiffany & Co.'s official consultant geologist on Tanzanite. Bruce has been intimately involved in the gem industry since childhood, working side-by-side with his father. Growing up in Kenya, he has completed extensive fieldwork in the Taita/Taveta region of Southern Kenya. As the President of Bridges Tsavorite, Bruce carries on the family tradition of three generations as gemstone miners and dealers in Africa. The family business is headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya with its sales distribution headquarters in Tucson, Arizona. The company is proud to maintain its fully integrated operation, which includes every aspect from; mining, sorting, grading and cutting, to marketing and sales. Bruce has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Arizona’s Eller College of Management, as a double major in Business Finance and Business Marketing. He was also a varsity athlete for the University of Arizona Wildcats for the duration of his tenure there. Bruce is currently the Vice President of the American Gem Trade Association (AGTA) and an Executive Director of the International Colored Gemstone Association (ICA). In 2017, he was appointed to the Advisory Board of The University of Arizona Gem and Mineral Museum, as well as the Advisory Board of the Gemstones and Sustainable Development Knowledge Hub. [cid:image003.jpg@01DBCEE6.84353100] tsavorite, Kenya Courtesy of Bruce Bridges ************* If you have missed a previous episode, please visit the Youtube video channel Mineral Talks LIVE<https://mineraltalkslive.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=29de2322958cd757b7752b3ec&id=9805c93fe0&e=7aa497567c> *************** Mineral Talks LIVE - Brought to you by Bryan Swoboda of BlueCap Productions, Dr. Raquel Alonso-Perez of The Mineralogical and Geological Museum at Harvard University<https://mgmh.fas.harvard.edu/> (MGMH), Dr. Eloïse Gaillou of the Musée de Minéralogie, l’École des Mines de Paris<https://www.musee.minesparis.psl.eu/Home/> and The Society of Mineral Museums Professionals<http://www.smmp.net/> (SMMP). mailing address is: info@mineraltalkslive.com<mailto:info@mineraltalkslive.com> [cid:image004.png@01DBCEE6.84353100]