Re: [meteorite-list] China Now Hosts The World's Largest Gem and Mineral Show

2016-01-23 Thread Galactic Stone & Ironworks via Meteorite-list 
Hi Adam and List,

Biggest?  Maybe.  Best?  No.  From what I have heard about Chinese
rock shows - many of the specimens are bogus. Fake Moldavite. Fake
fossils. Fake meteorites. I realize this problem is not restricted to
Chinese shows, but China has made an art-form out of specimen forgery.
I'd have to drag a team of experts with me and have them test any
piece I was thinking about buying.

Best regards,

MikeG

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On 1/23/16, Raremeteorites via Meteorite-list
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> Dear List Members,
>
> I was shocked to hear that the Tucson Gem and Mineral show is no longer the
>
> world's largest.  It looks like China is in first place with attendance
> figures of over 380,000 for a four day event in 2015 compared to less than
> 40,000 for Tucson.
>
> http://www.friendsofmineralogy.org/newsletters/2015_Jul.pdf
>
> Maybe I should attend this year to add support for this American show that
> has been running since 1955 while the Chinese show has only existed for a
> mere 3 years.
>
> Adam
>
>
>
>
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[meteorite-list] China Now Hosts The World's Largest Gem and Mineral Show

2016-01-23 Thread Raremeteorites via Meteorite-list 

Dear List Members,

I was shocked to hear that the Tucson Gem and Mineral show is no longer the 
world's largest.  It looks like China is in first place with attendance 
figures of over 380,000 for a four day event in 2015 compared to less than 
40,000 for Tucson.


http://www.friendsofmineralogy.org/newsletters/2015_Jul.pdf

Maybe I should attend this year to add support for this American show that 
has been running since 1955 while the Chinese show has only existed for a 
mere 3 years.


Adam




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[meteorite-list] Looking for a collector's e-mail address

2016-01-23 Thread Stalder Thomas via Meteorite-list 
Hi list

I got an inquiry from someone with the name Edward Barnard on my website. 
Unfortunately he forgot to mention his e-mail address on my contact form. Do 
any of you may know him and have his contact details?
If yes please send me a mail to saharag...@yahoo.com   Thank you very much.

Thomas
www.saharagems.com
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Re: [meteorite-list] China Now Hosts The World's Largest Gem and Mineral Show

2016-01-23 Thread Raremeteorites via Meteorite-list 
Doesn't surprise me at all.  Counterfeit medications placed on the American 
market and baby food filled with sawdust are a few examples that come to 
mine.  I had a Chinese made hydrologic floor jack disintegrate while I was 
under a car and spray what smelt like rancid fish-oil all over my coveralls. 
I think they recycled expired fish oil by finding another use for it. 
Luckily, the safety stands held up.  I had a friend throw a beer bottle into 
a brand-new Chinese made cooler and it punched a hole through the inner 
layer exposing shredded Chinese newspapers used for insulation.  This all 
sounds funny but my mother-in-law almost died due to counterfeit medications 
placed on the American market.


Needless to say, I only purchase heavy duty products manufactured by firms 
in reputable countries.  It is amazing what greed can do to product quality 
and authenticity.


I will keep on eye for casting marks on iron meteorites.  Never buy 
electronics that say, "Genuine Chrome Plated Plastic Knobs" or furniture 
made from "Genuine Pleather."


Adam






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From: "Galactic Stone & Ironworks" 

To: "Raremeteorites" 
Cc: 
Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2016 10:38 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] China Now Hosts The World's Largest Gem and 
Mineral Show




Hi Adam and List,

Biggest?  Maybe.  Best?  No.  From what I have heard about Chinese
rock shows - many of the specimens are bogus. Fake Moldavite. Fake
fossils. Fake meteorites. I realize this problem is not restricted to
Chinese shows, but China has made an art-form out of specimen forgery.
I'd have to drag a team of experts with me and have them test any
piece I was thinking about buying.

Best regards,

MikeG

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On 1/23/16, Raremeteorites via Meteorite-list
 wrote:

Dear List Members,

I was shocked to hear that the Tucson Gem and Mineral show is no longer 
the


world's largest.  It looks like China is in first place with attendance
figures of over 380,000 for a four day event in 2015 compared to less 
than

40,000 for Tucson.

http://www.friendsofmineralogy.org/newsletters/2015_Jul.pdf

Maybe I should attend this year to add support for this American show 
that

has been running since 1955 while the Chinese show has only existed for a
mere 3 years.

Adam




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[meteorite-list] Earth’s Oldest Water May Have Come from Ancient H2O-Filled Dust

2016-01-23 Thread Paul via Meteorite-list 

Earth’s Oldest Water May Have Come from Ancient H2O-Filled Dust
by Mindy Weisberger, Live Science, November 12, 2015
http://www.livescience.com/52778-earth-water-origins-ancient-dust.html

Baffin Island provides insights into origin of Earth's water, Space Daily
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Baffin_Island_provides_insights_into_origin_of_Earths_water_999.html

Primeval Water in the Earth by G. Jeffrey Taylor< November 30, 2015
Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology
http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Nov15/PSRD-Earth-primeval-water.pdf

Hallis, L. J., G. R. Huss, K. Nagashima, G. J. Taylor, S. A. Halldórsson,
D. R. Hilton, M. J. Mottl, and K. J. Meech, 2015, Evidence for
primordial water in Earth’s deep mantle. vol. 350, no. 6262, pp. 795-797
Paper at http://science.sciencemag.org/content/350/6262/795
Reprint at 
http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/publications/preprints/15preprints/Hallis_15-188.pdf


Yours,

Paul H.


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[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day

2016-01-23 Thread Paul Swartz via Meteorite-list 
Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: Sikhote Alin

Contributed by: Bob Haag

http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpodmain.asp?DD=01/24/2016
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Re: [meteorite-list] China Now Hosts The World's Largest Gem and Mineral Show

2016-01-23 Thread almitt2--- via Meteorite-list 

Greetings all,

Wondering what the attendance of the Tucson show was in the 1990's.
If I had to guess I'd say 200,000 or more. I can remember it being so
much larger than past years I have been able to attend. I remember
trying to find parking spots for a half hour or more. You learn to
walk to places rather than drive down the road a bit or you would hunt
for another parking spot for quite a while. 9-11 changed all of that.

--AL Mitterling
Mitterling Meteorites

  Quoting Raremeteorites via Meteorite-list
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Dear List Members,

I was shocked to hear that the Tucson Gem and Mineral show is no 
longer the world's largest.  It looks like China is in first place 
with attendance figures of over 380,000 for a four day event in 2015 
compared to less than 40,000 for Tucson.


http://www.friendsofmineralogy.org/newsletters/2015_Jul.pdf

Maybe I should attend this year to add support for this American show 
that has been running since 1955 while the Chinese show has only 
existed for a mere 3 years.


Adam




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Re: [meteorite-list] China Now Hosts The World's Largest Gem and Mineral Show

2016-01-23 Thread Anne Black via Meteorite-list 
Frankly Al,

I have been going to the Tucson show since the year 2000, and it seems to be 
just as busy, crowded now as it was then. I hear the same complaints about 
parking.
I would love to know how whomever came up with this number managed to count 
people. There are shows all over the city, and entrance is free, people wander 
in and out of hotels, tents,. There are no tickets to buy, no one counting 
people come in anywhere. So how did whomever get to that number? 

Curious minds

Anne M. Black
www.IMPACTIKA.com
impact...@aol.com


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Sent: Sun, Jan 24, 2016 12:12 am
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] China Now Hosts The World's Largest Gem and 
Mineral Show

Greetings all,

Wondering what the attendance of the Tucson show was in the 1990's.
If I had to guess I'd say 200,000 or more. I can remember it being so
much larger than past years I have been able to attend. I remember
trying to find parking spots for a half hour or more. You learn to
walk to places rather than drive down the road a bit or you would hunt
for another parking spot for quite a while. 9-11 changed all of that.

--AL Mitterling
Mitterling Meteorites

   Quoting Raremeteorites via Meteorite-list
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> Dear List Members,
>
> I was shocked to hear that the Tucson Gem and Mineral show is no 
> longer the world's largest.  It looks like China is in first place 
> with attendance figures of over 380,000 for a four day event in 2015 
> compared to less than 40,000 for Tucson.
>
> http://www.friendsofmineralogy.org/newsletters/2015_Jul.pdf
>
> Maybe I should attend this year to add support for this American show 
> that has been running since 1955 while the Chinese show has only 
> existed for a mere 3 years.
>
> Adam
>
>
>
>
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