[Rockhounds] diamonds sauteed in butter

[Tim Fisher]

I agree, excellent read, and spot on! (OK fine if you're a conspiracy 
theorist lol)

At 05:49 PM 2/27/2008, you wrote:
>I have that book on my bookshelf. It is a very good read, and you can
>probably pick it up on Amazon for a couple of bucks now.
>
>It is full of dark ruminations about a certain South African cartel. And is
>a very interesting history of the search for diamonds in North America and
>especially Canada.
>
>BK
>
>On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 8:47 PM, Kreigh Tomaszewski <Kreigh at tomaszewski.net>
>wrote:
>
> > I liked the imagery of some guy going over the butter covered floor of a
> > car wash looking for small stones that stuck. And a huge pile of wet
> > sand and gravel clogging up the drive outside the wash bay. It makes a
> > much better urban legend than a sheet of plywood. But the truth is even
> > more fun.
> >
> > A Google search found the story of Al Falster finding a diamond in a
> > sandbank in Antigo, Wisconson was published in "Barren Lands: An Epic
> > Search for Diamonds in the North American Artic" by Kevin Krajick.
> > Falster managed the Peli-Clean Carwash nearby. He smeared a gasoline
> > price sign with margarine and found six more washing the sand over it.
> >
> > I found the story on Google Books with a search for 'Al Falster
> > diamonds'. Clicking on the link brings you to page 174 where the story
> > is told. BTW, you can do a I'm Feeling Lucky with the search and go
> > directly to the story.
> >
> > It appears that Al is still at the Univ of New Orleans, so you could
> > call him up and personally confirm the story.
> >
> > Thanks for the hint Tim.
> >
> > Kreigh

Tim Fisher
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