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 Post subject: Unique Opportunity....Not!
PostPosted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 2:25 am 
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Today I received an email offering me an opportunity to buy "very very rare white amethyst rough gemstones." I felt compelled to share.

You see, these stones are so unique that, after processing, they become "GREEN AMETHYST, PINK AMETHYST, BLUE-AMETHYST, RED-AMETHYST." Everything, it seems, except actual amethyst. Best of all, they are available at very cheap prices by the kilogram! Too bad they didn't say what would constitute "processing."

I neither know nor care whether the vendor was trying to sell colorless quartz, milky quartz, or something else, but I do know that I will never buy anything from them now. Marketing hype is one thing, but white amethyst? That was just insulting.

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Pink emerald, anyone?


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