[Rockhounds] Arkansas diamond hoax

[Andrew Turner]

I checked the story out, and it appears to be factual and recent.  I looked 
at the guy's ebay postings, and he is currently selling those "Arkansas 
diamonds."  I actually emailed recent purchasers of these diamonds 
(including someone who spent $250 on one), and needless to say they are 
pretty peeved.

Andrew Turner
Victorville, CA USA


>From: pmodreski at aol.com
>Reply-To: "Rockhounds at drizzle.com: A mailing list for rock and gem 
>collectors"<rockhounds at lists.drizzle.com>
>To: rockhounds at lists.drizzle.com
>Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] Arkansas diamond hoax
>Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:21:22 -0400
>
>You must have read or browsed that site much more intensively than I did, 
>Don, because I can't find anything on there about rocks glowing or not 
>glowing in the dark; I just re-browsed throught his last year's postings, I 
>don't see anything about that....
>
>Cheers, Pete
>
>(might that not have been in reference to someone's ideas about what 
>"crystal energy" makes rocks do???)
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: DonH <donhalterman at verizon.net>
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><rockhounds at lists.drizzle.com>
>Sent: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:52 am
>Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] Arkansas diamond hoax
>
>
>pmodreski at aol.com wrote:Â 
> > > This was reported on the www.geology.com website, referring to the 
>story above.? I'd never known of the fakeminerals.com website before. 
>Â 
>Just checked it out real quick... I wonder about the credibility of the 
>site's author when he posts comments like this:Â 
>Â 
>"Becky. Rocks do not glow in the dark. Really. None of them. Well, some of 
>them, but not any of the ones you’ve seen. Becky. Rocks. They do not glow 
>in the dark. No. No, they do not."Â 
>Â 
>What this guy think he was seeing when they were demonstrating all those 
>fluorescent minerals? I cannot imagine an experienced mineral collector who 
>has not at least heard of the concept of fluorescence and phosphorescence. 
>If he is trying to say something else, then he is not getting his point 
>across, which is just as bad. 
>Â 
>Sounds like this fellow needs to get his own act together before he passes 
>judgement on others. 
>Â 
>Don 
>Â 
>Â 
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