[Rockhounds] Arkansas diamond hoax

[DonH]

Ted Kowalski wrote:

> Well now, I'm confused. 
> 
> Are you well respected geologists and mineralologists telling me that there
> are rocks that glow in the dark, independently?  . . .

> I just don't have the same reaction to the words "glow in the dark". 


Well I'm just a regular guy, but I was confused regarding his intended 
meaning.  I don't want to beat the dead horse too much but the context 
and semantics could have been taken either way, especially given the 
content of all his ranting up to that point, regarding her being 
gullible.  As a serious collector I also cringe at the term "glow in the 
dark" when referring to fluorescent minerals, but then again, they do 
indeed glow when you hit them with UV, and I think most, if not all, 
people realize that it is the UV that excites them and they are not 
spontaneously glowing.  That point was made obvious throughout the show. 
  She sounded like a doofus when she said it, and I rolled my eyes upon 
hearing it, but I was much more concerned about the relentless focus on 
dollar value vs. fun, friendship, and science.

I suppose in the long run it was his highly stylized and somewhat vague 
rendering of the point that threw me off.  And since I don't know 
anything about him, it was hard to tell what he was trying to say.  But 
I'll take Tim's word that the fellow knows his stuff.

OK, enough of that...

Don