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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: thames_sider who wrote (18032)	7/11/2001 10:14:59 PM
From: average joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

It lacked a word motivator that would have had meaning to the rock collector, i.e. the correct name of the ore. The professor was a figure of authority and one would hope trust. The area at the time was not a "kimberlite-rich area". However in the end the joke was on the "big company" because the portion that was on surface had been rafted there from a long ways away. Eventually the primary area was staked out and the big company had to buy in paying millions.