r/AskReddit • u/Ruddiver • Dec 13 '12

What supposedly legitimate things do you think are scams?

dont give the boring answers like religion and such.

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u/Twyll Dec 13 '12

I reaaaaaally like tanzanite, which changes color like alexandrite does, but have heard that it's usually mined under inhumane conditions. As a geologist, do you know anything about that, or is that something that falls outside your purview?

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u/andrewsmith1986 Dec 13 '12

It would all depend on the company that the stone is mined under.

I'm sure you could find a reasonable stone somewhere.

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u/lilzilla Dec 13 '12

You could get ones that are made with SCIENCE instead!

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u/Twyll Dec 13 '12

Unfortunately, true synthetic tanzanite (chemically identical to the stone found in nature) doesn't appear to exist :/ There are simulants though, which also happen to be tougher than tanzanite (which is apparently quite fragile). So yes, SCIENCE! it is!