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

[Raremeteorites]

Doesn't surprise me at all.  Counterfeit medications placed on the American 
market and baby food filled with sawdust are a few examples that come to 
mine.  I had a Chinese made hydrologic floor jack disintegrate while I was 
under a car and spray what smelt like rancid fish-oil all over my coveralls. 
I think they recycled expired fish oil by finding another use for it. 
Luckily, the safety stands held up.  I had a friend throw a beer bottle into 
a brand-new Chinese made cooler and it punched a hole through the inner 
layer exposing shredded Chinese newspapers used for insulation.  This all 
sounds funny but my mother-in-law almost died due to counterfeit medications 
placed on the American market.

Needless to say, I only purchase heavy duty products manufactured by firms 
in reputable countries.  It is amazing what greed can do to product quality 
and authenticity.

I will keep on eye for casting marks on iron meteorites.  Never buy 
electronics that say, "Genuine Chrome Plated Plastic Knobs" or furniture 
made from "Genuine Pleather."

Adam






----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Galactic Stone & Ironworks" <meteoritemike at gmail.com>
To: "Raremeteorites" <raremeteorites at centurylink.net>
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Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2016 10:38 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] China Now Hosts The World's Largest Gem and 
Mineral Show


> 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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