[meteorite-list] Re: (Ron Baalke) Fossil find...(getting off topic)

From: David Freeman <dfreeman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:25:34 2004
Message-ID: <3EB326DC.9030107_at_fascination.com>

Dear Steven;
I hate to one up, but my copy of Barren Lands is signed by Mr. Krajick,
and is the advance reading copy, and I have sold him two diamonds and a
few tablespoons full of local diamond indicator minerals....such one
up's manship!
Glad I am not that way in the meteorite world.
Good Friday evening all,
Dave Freeman (who's into all sorts of rock things)

S. Singletary wrote:

>
>>
>> Actually the source of "drift" diamonds has
>> been found. The geologist, who spent ten
>> to fifteen years looking for their source
>> in now a rather wealthy person for his
>> efforts and patience.
>
>
> As a side note, if you want to read an excellent account of all this I
> recommend "Barren Lands" by Kevin Krajick
> There's is an excellent history of the diamond industry in general and
> of the race between Fipke and DeBeers to find the source of the
> glacial diamonds in the Arctic.
>
> Steven
>
>
> Steven Singletary
> 54-1224
> Dept. Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
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