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Post by fernwood on Dec 30, 2019 16:30:43 GMT -5
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Post by greig on Dec 30, 2019 16:57:15 GMT -5
Good story. Looks very similar to rocks I found by a lighthouse in Aruba. Many people suggested it was gravel from an aquarium. ;-)
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Post by fernwood on Dec 30, 2019 17:02:38 GMT -5
I was unable to find out much further info.
It almost seems like a hoax to me.
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Post by RocksInNJ on Dec 30, 2019 21:39:29 GMT -5
Good story. Looks very similar to rocks I found by a lighthouse in Aruba. Many people suggested it was gravel from an aquarium. ;-) I too found tiny pebbles like this and was also told it was aquarium gravel. There were a Bunch along the Wissahickon Creek in PA. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2019 0:31:12 GMT -5
It almost seems like a hoax to me. Seems like a hoax to me, too. No way anything 77% oxygen would have survived falling through the atmosphere or being produced by natural processes. The whole write-up reeks of the same sort of unverifiable hyperbole that accompanied the fake red andesine fiasco , complete with Asian sellers supposedly reluctant to sell and not willing to allow independent geologists to do unrestricted verification of the initially inaccessible purported site(s). |
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Post by gemfeller on Dec 31, 2019 1:54:11 GMT -5
It almost seems like a hoax to me. Seems like a hoax to me, too. No way anything 77% oxygen would have survived falling through the atmosphere or being produced by natural processes. The whole write-up reeks of the same sort of unverifiable hyperbole that accompanied the fake red andesine fiasco , complete with Asian sellers supposedly reluctant to sell and not willing to allow independent geologists to do unrestricted verification of the initially inaccessible purported site(s). It's riddled with speculation and hype. I quit reading when I saw that Dr. Peretti's name (Swiss Gemological Institute) was misspelled. That indicates shoddy research if nothing else. |
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