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To: FReethesheeples
One question? Will intense pressure and temperature create any gems?
6 posted on 10/15/2001 7:37:58 AM PDT by rlbedfor
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To: rlbedfor
LMAO! Good one.
7 posted on 10/15/2001 7:40:03 AM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: rlbedfor
One question? Will intense pressure and temperature create any gems?

I sense your meaning.

9 posted on 10/15/2001 7:41:04 AM PDT by Aquinasfan
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To: rlbedfor
To my eye it looked a lot like that quarry Fred Flintstone works in.
17 posted on 10/15/2001 7:52:32 AM PDT by FirstFlaBn
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To: rlbedfor
Good question.

I'll consult with my geologist & physicist friends.

19 posted on 10/15/2001 7:56:21 AM PDT by FReethesheeples
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To: rlbedfor
"Will intense pressure and temperature create any gems?"

The extreme pressures and temperatures required wouldn't be sustained long enough to do more than make some very interesting glass. Sorry! But maybe in 50 years or so we could start selling the glass as souveniers.

21 posted on 10/15/2001 7:57:50 AM PDT by LeeMcCoy
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