[meteorite-list] China Now Hosts The World's Largest Gem and Mineral Show

[Galactic Stone & Ironworks]

Hi Adam and List,

Biggest?  Maybe.  Best?  No.  From what I have heard about Chinese
rock shows - many of the specimens are bogus. Fake Moldavite. Fake
fossils. Fake meteorites. I realize this problem is not restricted to
Chinese shows, but China has made an art-form out of specimen forgery.
I'd have to drag a team of experts with me and have them test any
piece I was thinking about buying.

Best regards,

MikeG

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On 1/23/16, Raremeteorites via Meteorite-list
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
> Dear List Members,
>
> I was shocked to hear that the Tucson Gem and Mineral show is no longer the
>
> world's largest.  It looks like China is in first place with attendance
> figures of over 380,000 for a four day event in 2015 compared to less than
> 40,000 for Tucson.
>
> http://www.friendsofmineralogy.org/newsletters/2015_Jul.pdf
>
> Maybe I should attend this year to add support for this American show that
> has been running since 1955 while the Chinese show has only existed for a
> mere 3 years.
>
> Adam
>
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>
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