Re: Sandstone genesis

From: Aidan Karley (aidan_at_abuse.demon.co.uk.invalidated)
Date: 09/27/04 

Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 16:52:14 +0100

In article <nm4gl0prd7oqia087ih8th0l1hptotd416@4ax.com>, Ookie
Wonderslug wrote:
> It's quartz. It scratches glass, doesn't bubble in acid and has no
> taste.
>
       Good. Tests done, consider it quartz (as the story I quoted
indicates, not doing the tests can lead to major foul-ups <G>).
       
> I have been under the impression that smoky quartz with mud inclusions
> are worth some small amount of money.
       Hmmm, for suitable values of "small". Beer change money maybe.
       
> I took some to a place that sold
> crystals to new agers and they were not impressed though. So I don't
> know. They seemed to be more interested in perfectly double
> terminated clear crystals. But what do new agers know anyway?
>
       Indeed. Being dismissed by a new ager is probably a good sign of
health and competence in yourself. 

-- 
 Aidan Karley,
 Aberdeen, Scotland,
 Location: 57°10'11" N,  02°08'43"  W (sub-tropical Aberdeen), 0.021233

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