Post subject: Re: Zultanite/Turkish diaspore/Czarite - the hell?
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 9:32 pm
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Those of us who collect in the field are more familiar with junkite and leaverite. Although that's what Peter said about much of the rough I found in Tucson. I'm learning...
The "Healy-feelies" have taken over Tucson now that the gem folks have left. John suggested we look for oxycontinite if we really wanted to feel better...
What I thought was particularly funny is that suddenly when it's a gem mineral, all the dealers want to pronounce it "die-AS-pra" rather than "die-uh-spore."
Post subject: Re: Zultanite/Turkish diaspore/Czarite - the hell?
Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2014 8:16 am
Arya, years ago I brought a new stone to my jeweler for pendent, it was a yellow beryl, @14cts in a heart shape. I took it in to him in a very cold condition & told him with a straight face, the material was a new find called Urinite, only found around outhouses & if allowed to melt was known to foul ur cloths if in contact. As I looked at his face, he almost bought the story, & we both laughed, but for a while I had him wondering what this stuff really was-m76...
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