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It was Tucson. Show over. The last supper. One of those marvelous evenings which Tucson regularly delivers. Sitting down with a bunch of friends, this was one top-fuel conversation. Pure ethanol. We had a red-faced Bangkok ruby dealer, a Colombian talking big green, an ex-Dead Head and the 1% of the gemological world that mattered. I was along merely to document the occasion, to maintain the steady hand of sobriety on the wheel of discourse. Adult supervision, if you will.