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Rare huge Green-Blue Opal Found In Nevada

Posted on 16 June 2017 by admin

Image credit: Chip Clark The Roebling Opal is an extraordinary 2,585-carat piece of opal rough and is also the largest unpolished black Opal. It came out of the tunneled portion of the Rainbow Ridge Mine in 1917 from Virgin Valley, … Continue reading →

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Ancient pollen reveals droughts between Sierra Nevada glacier surges

Posted on 2 November 2015 by admin

Hidden below the surface of California’s Central Valley are pollen grains from the Pleistocene that are providing scientists with clues to the severity of droughts that struck the region between glacial periods. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily

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Re: Help Identify These Rocks and Minerals of Southern Nevada

Posted on 18 October 2015 by admin

Ben, some of your specimens COULD be partly opal too. This is something that can take a lot of experience to distinguish–seeing real specimens (or looking at a lot of good, representative pictures–but real rocks in person is best) is … Continue reading →

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Google: auto senza pilota,test in Nevada

Posted on 9 May 2012 by admin

(ANSA) – NEW YORK, 9 MAG – Google accelera verso il futuro: in Nevada e’ stata emessa la prima licenza di prova per le auto senza pilota. Secondo il Las Vegas Sun la tecnologia di Mountain View controllera’ frenata, accelerazione … Continue reading →

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