[Rockhounds] Afghanistan Minerals

[Stan Perry]

Hi All,
I agree with Tim on this one.  After having people who
didn't know minerals bring me back a few pieces of
overpriced junk  ... I now just thank them for the
offer of buying me rocks on their trip but not to
bother because of previous experiences.
Stan

--- Tim Fisher <nospam at orerockon.com> wrote:

> I guess this is still on topic, but when my parents
> went to Tanzania 
> a few years ago, they asked about getting a rough
> tanzanite to bring 
> home & get me to facet it for my mom (yeah I am
> slave labor for my 
> family when it comes to jewelry lol). Turns out that
> the local 
> "dealers" in Dar Es Salaam and Kinsahsa are
> basically scam artists 
> who try to rip the tourists for outrageous prices
> for junky stones 
> they could get on Ebay for a few bucks a carat. So
> unless he knows 
> what he is looking at, I think he would be better
> off trying Ebay for 
> Afghani minerals. Just my $0.02...


Stan Perry
Our Gangue Minerals
www.emineralshow.com
Ebay seller ID rgangue
e-mail at rgangue at yahoo.com


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