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		<title>UTAH U-Dig Fossils</title>
		<link>http://rockhoundblog.com/rockhounding-maps/utah-u-dig-fossils/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rockhound Travel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[UTAH
U-Dig Fossils
U-DIG Fossils offers the best Trilobite
collecting in the world. 
No trilobite quarry can match the quality
of U-DIG Fossils&#8217; trilobite layers!
U-Dig Fossils was featured
on the Travel Channel show
&#8220;The Best Places to Find Cash &#38; Treasures&#8221;
in April 2008
We&#8217;re looking forward to the 2010 season,
opening on Friday March 26th
What is a trilobite?
A trilobite is form of  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sterling Hill Mining Museum</title>
		<link>http://rockhoundblog.com/rockhounding-maps/sterling-hill-mining-museum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 05:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Sterling Hill Mining Museum

An enduring geological mystery. A world-famous mineral  deposit. And, it’s all right here in New Jersey, just an hour’s drive  from midtown New York!
The industrial complex that was once the Sterling Hill zinc mine is now open to the public as the Sterling Hill Mining Museum.  Join us [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rockhound Geocaching</title>
		<link>http://rockhoundblog.com/rockhounding-maps/rockhound-geocaching/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 05:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Geocaching is fun, educational and can be enjoyed by the whole family!  What is geocaching you say???

What is Geocaching?
Geocaching is a worldwide game of hiding and seeking  treasure. A geocacher can place a geocache in the world, pinpoint its  location using GPS technology and then share the geocache’s existence  and location online. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Graves Mountain, Lincolnton, GA- Rutile, Lazulite, and Pyrophyllite, Iridescent Hematite</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2007 06:42:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Graves Mountain, Lincolnton, GA







Graves Mountain &#8220;Rock Swap and Dig&#8221;:
 Collecting Rutile, Kyanite, Lazulite, Iridescent  Hematite,
Pyrophyllite, Pyrite, Ilmenite, Fuchsite, Barite, Sulfur,  Variscite,
blue quartz and quartz  crystals.
8 am to 6 pm, Friday, April 27, 2007
8 am to 6 pm, Saturday, April 28,  2007
8 am to 6 pm, Sunday, April 29, 2007
&#8220;You are invited [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Colombia emeralds &#8211; Deposits and Mining Production- maps</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2007 13:29:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The Gachala Emerald is one  of the largest gem emeralds in the world at 858 carats. This stone was found in  1967 at La Vega de San Juan mine in Gachalá, Colombia.
Gemstones are found in many parts of the world, singly or grouped together.  Groups that are quite large are called deposits. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crater of Diamonds- Murfreesboro, Arkansas- only diamond mine in world open to public</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2007 22:09:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary</dc:creator>
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The Crater of Diamonds is an Arkansas State Park located in Murfreesboro in Pike County, Arkansas, USA containing the only diamond mine in the world that is open to the public.
Description
The Crater of Diamonds State Park is an 888 acre (3.6 km2) Arkansas State Park situated over an eroded volcanic pipe. The park is open [...]]]></description>
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		<title>reader tells about her trip to the Royal Peacock Mine in the Virgin Valley</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2007 07:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 

The opals were dug at the Royal Peacock Mine in the Virgin Valley.  The  vacation was planned after watching a show on the Travel Channel about where to  find treasure in America.  We didn&#8217;t pump ourselves up about really finding  anything.  It just looked like fun.  I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rockhounding Opals from Ethiopia</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 19:56:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary</dc:creator>
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Opal has been a gemstone that lots of people love and some adore                with a passion. I fit into the second category, probably because                opal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Phoenix, AZ- Goldfield Mountains- Calcite Druzy &amp; Pink Lace Agate</title>
		<link>http://rockhoundblog.com/regular-postings/phoenix-az-goldfield-mountains-calcite-druzy-pink-lace-agate/</link>
		<comments>http://rockhoundblog.com/regular-postings/phoenix-az-goldfield-mountains-calcite-druzy-pink-lace-agate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jan 2007 23:42:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
This article was sent in by Shain-
This site I would consider a moderate hike, but its rather short and quite accessible to most people, the collecting area is loose ground and there’s lots
of the classic pointed plants everywhere, so be careful. YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS THIS AREA BY 4&#215;4 IF YOU HAVE [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey, USA &#8211; table of longwave fluorescent minerals</title>
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		<comments>http://rockhoundblog.com/regular-postings/franklin-and-sterling-hill-new-jersey-usa-table-of-longwave-fluorescent-minerals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2006 22:09:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alleghanyite is an exceptionally rare member of the humite group, and this specimen is unusually rich with gemmy brown microcrystals to 2 mm flatlaying along an approximately 3-cm vertical axis on this specimen . The matrix is a typical mix of franklinite/calcite/willemite and is highly fluorescent.
The mines of Franklin and the Sterling Hill Mine at [...]]]></description>
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