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Tempting Investment Opportunity

by Peter Nancarrow
9 01/29/2009 06:33PM
Last Post by Peter Haas

"Black Amethyst"   (Pages: 1 2)

by Kristi Huggins
28 01/29/2009 06:26PM
Last Post by Peter Haas

Faking on the Fakers?

by Mark Gottlieb
4 01/21/2009 10:53PM
Last Post by Jolyon Ralph

Another "great" Ebay rock

by Jennifer Nemitz
16 01/19/2009 06:31PM
Last Post by Jennifer Nemitz

Smithsonian writes about Crater of Diamonds scam

by DiamondHunter
3 01/19/2009 05:55PM
Last Post by Mark Gottlieb

Native Mercury Attachments

by Reiner Mielke
12 01/13/2009 04:42AM
Last Post by Dana Slaughter

An 1850's Fraud

by Daniel Russell
2 01/10/2009 11:50PM
Last Post by Lyla J. Tracy

Platinum, palladium, and gold? Attachments

by Brent Thorne
9 01/08/2009 04:28PM
Last Post by Pavel Kartashov

healing monazite   (Pages: 1 2)

by Johan Kjellman
40 01/08/2009 12:36AM
Last Post by Adam Kelly

You guys are missing the fun!

by Sand Walker
2 12/18/2008 08:45AM
Last Post by Rock Currier

Charoite? You gotta be kidding me...

by Justin Zzyzx
13 12/12/2008 11:55PM
Last Post by Claus Hedegaard

"Crab Fire Agate" - another rip-off?   (Pages: 1 2)

by Alan Plante
31 12/12/2008 01:00AM
Last Post by Sand Walker

Clear greenish-blue "obsidian" from Brazil?   (Pages: 1 2)

by Jeffrey Shallit
33 12/08/2008 03:09AM
Last Post by Rock Currier

Golf Ball Not Included

by Steve Hardinger
6 12/06/2008 01:19AM
Last Post by Eric D. Fritzsch

Irridescent pyrite suns   (Pages: 1 2)

by geminerals
27 12/05/2008 06:26PM
Last Post by Maggie Wilson

This is PATHETIC!!!   (Pages: 1 2 3 4)

by Jeremy Zolan
62 12/03/2008 06:37PM
Last Post by Alfredo Petrov

Grape Jelly Amethyst - here we go again!

by Neil A. Richards
12 11/26/2008 11:41PM
Last Post by Chester S. Lemanski, Jr.

SILVERY WHITE DIASPORE MINERAL FROM CHINA

by Juan Jimenez
5 11/26/2008 08:19PM
Last Post by Juan Jimenez

Fish-egg / Frogspawn "Agate" from China

by Jolyon Ralph
18 11/19/2008 02:14AM
Last Post by Adam Kelly

I have an article on man made (fake) gold nuggets

by Dave Varabioff
9 11/14/2008 08:48PM
Last Post by Syonix


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