[Rockhounds] Arkansas diamond hoax

[betdav97 at aol.com]

Tim,
   Thankgoodness someone lese agrees with me about that show. It is 
doing more harm than good.
Most of the folks contacting me about WV fossils, now want to know "how 
much is it worth"
Everyone wants to get rich in geology, heck, we are some of the poorest 
folks, when it comes to
any other profession. You may get your name in a book, but it doesn't 
pay the bills.
Dave


-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Fisher <nospam at orerockon.com>
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Sent: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 2:19 pm
Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] Arkansas diamond hoax


Justin knows more about minerals than I will ever hope to know. He was 
referring to comments made by Becky the "host" of "Cash & Treasures". I 
agree, the mentality of that show is bass-ackwards. It should be about 
fun, adventure, family, getting dirty, etc., not "Hey what's THIS 
worth"? Every single valuation I have seen on that show was pure BS, 
except for the valuation put on one of Earl's florescent Franklin 
pieces by the museum (I forget which one) that she donated it to. 
 
At 10:57 AM 3/17/2008, you wrote: 
>pmodreski at aol.com wrote: 
> 
>>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.... 
> 
> 
>Oh... I was wondering how thorough the site is, so after reading >your 
link, I searched for other terms commonly associated with >fraud, such 
as turquoise, andesine, labradorite, and sunstone. The >hit for 
"sunstone" brought up a posting about the Travel Channel >series on 
Cash & Treasure, though the sunstone mines were mentioned >in a 
positive manner. However, the author digressed into some >subjective 
commentary about all the salted sites featured on the >show and the 
hostess's constant questions about "how much is that >worth?", and then 
he made the comment I quoted, apparently to >demonstrate some great 
naievete on her part. Here is a link to the >whole article: 
http://www.fakeminerals.com/archives/22 
> 
>It seems to me he is implying that fluorescent minerals are fake; by 
 >the context, I don't know what else he could possibly be saying, 
 >except that rocks don't *technically* "glow in the dark" (versus 
 >being excited by UV light, or unless they are phosphorescing), but 
>again, from what he wrote, I doubt it. 
> 
>I'm wondering if I'm misreading the commentary or if anyone else has 
>the same impression. 
> 
>Don 
> 
> 
> 
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