[Rockhounds] Article: Rain of Diamonds

Thu Jul 10 19:15:59 PDT 2008

The best way to look at these "theories" is to use Ockham's Razor:

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam%27s_Razor>

That's the principal that states that the simplest explanation is usually
correct. When you hear hoof beats think horse not zebra. No comets are
needed to explain the presence of diamonds or gold.

BK

On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 10:07 PM, Jacob Linder <syonix at comcast.net> wrote:

> I will check it out, thank you.
> I want trying to be an ass, I've just been listening and reading on here
> for
> a while learning as much as I can, and when something like that is said,
> and
> I don't get your reply I wanted a little more than that .. Much
> appreicated.
>
>
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>
> You should read "The Barren Lands"
>
> <
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Barren-Lands-Search-Diamonds-American/dp/0805071857/re
> f=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1215741849&sr=8-1<http://www.amazon.com/Barren-Lands-Search-Diamonds-American/dp/0805071857/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1215741849&sr=8-1>
> >
>
> An excellent book, a good scientific detective story and you'll then know
> where the diamonds came from. Good price too.
>
> BK
>
> On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 9:57 PM, Jacob Linder <syonix at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > Did you even read it?
> >
> > I would love to hear exactly why you think the that? I actually read
> > the story and it says that they found a few specimen in one area that
> > came from another and they speculated that it was from an asteroid
> > hitting, thus toss debris from the ground it hit into the air, or from
> > glacier melt.. Doesn't seem all that "crazy"... It says nothing about
> > "all" of them coming from a comet.. That's just hyped nonsense trashtalk.
> >
> > "New chemical analyses of diamond, gold and silver found in Ohio and
> > Indiana reveal the minerals were transported there from Canada several
> > thousand years ago. The question is, how? "
> > ...
> > "The diamonds, gold and silver could have been ejected into the air
> > during the blasts, West said, or they could have been carried south by
> > rivers formed from the melt water of liquified glaciers. "
> > ...
> > "We're a long way from saying categorically that these things got here
> > because of this event," West said. "They're consistent, but we've got
> > a lot more work to do to show there's a direct connection."
> >
> > ---
> >
> > Have a good day.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > [mailto:rockhounds-bounces at lists.drizzle.com] On Behalf Of J Bryan
> > Kramer
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 8:49 PM
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> > Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] Article: Rain of Diamonds
> >
> > I assume this theory was developed by those idiots sitting inside
> > their pyramids in Taos NM.
> >
> > BK
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 7:54 PM, Jeanne Rhodes-Moen
> > <jeanne at jeannius.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > a new theory says that gold, silver, diamonds etc found in Eastern N.
> > > America may have come from a comet that shattered over Canada during
> > > the last Ice Age..
> > >
> > > http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/080707-canada-diamonds.html
> > >
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J Bryan Kramer
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