[Rockhounds] Man in China

[Gary Brown]

Lyle:

Having a location is the difference between having a "pretty rock" and a
"mineral specimen".  Having a location is also the difference in mineral
from one spot, say Willemite from Franklin, NJ where it is common to
Willemite from somewhere else, where it is rare.  Mis-labeling of location
is a common way of jacking up the price.  Mind you, most collectors will
look at something with an add location and say "no way that came from
there".

Bottom line (Aren't you glad you know vernacular English?  Don't you miss
the DuPage river?), the digger may not want to tell the location, but they
are going to leave money on the table if they don't reveal it.

Gary Brown
http://www.catspaw-minerals.com
Home of the MasMils/PLUS Mine Location Disk 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rockhounds-bounces at lists.drizzle.com 
> [mailto:rockhounds-bounces at lists.drizzle.com] On Behalf Of Lyle Pai
> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 7:01 AM
> To: Rockhounds at drizzle.com: A mailing list for rock and gem collectors
> Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] Man in China
> 
> Dear Axel,
> 
> Thank you for your email.
> 
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> 
> For example, I recently picked up some Schorl and Quartz from 
> a guy who had spent 7 months digging for them and he's not 
> going to tell anyone where the mine is... I'm particularly 
> attracted to Schorl for some reason... and he had some very 
> nice pieces... 
> 
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> With kind regards,
> Lyle