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		<title>Rockhounding Graveyard Point and Owyhee Agate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is just a small tutorial for those of you needing a little help getting started and are visiting or live in these areas.
The ID/OR borders are rich with many forms of agate.  There&#8217;s also jasper, opal, petrified wood, queenstone and crystals, and today I&#8217;m just giving a picture tour about finding a few of these things  in these desert areas.
The first thing you need to know is the difference between quartzite, agate, and jasper.  Quartzite is often just called quartz. You can tell quartz because it has granuals. It ...]]></description>
		<link>http://rockhoundstation1.net/wp/2011/rock-and-gem/rockhounding-graveyard-point-and-owyhee-agate/</link>
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		<title>The Many Facets of Hunting for Garnets</title>
		<description><![CDATA[.............by digging down deeper you can usually find the stones that fell and were covered before the area became popular to hunters. ]]></description>
		<link>http://rockhoundstation1.net/wp/2011/rock-and-gem/the-many-facets-of-hunting-for-garnets/</link>
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		<title>2010 EARTHQUAKE WATCH ANNUAL REPORT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Before anyone starts to panic, though, we have to consider the whole picture...]]></description>
		<link>http://rockhoundstation1.net/wp/2011/earth-watch/2010-earthquake-watch-annual-report/</link>
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		<title>GOLD PROSPECTING STARTS AT THE OFFICE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If the claim produced gold recently enough, someone in the office might just even remember that it produced well.]]></description>
		<link>http://rockhoundstation1.net/wp/2011/gold/gold-prospecting-starts-at-the-office/</link>
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		<title>The Lost Silver Of Wisconsin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The mystery found it's beginning in 1820 when an Indian told settlers of a vein of silver so pure and wide that chunks the size of a man's hand could be cut from it......]]></description>
		<link>http://rockhoundstation1.net/wp/2010/general/the-lost-silver-of-wisconsin/</link>
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		<title>RHS1  Earth Watch 3rd Quarter 2010 Earthquake Report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It looks like these are going to break both averages this year..........]]></description>
		<link>http://rockhoundstation1.net/wp/2010/earth-watch/rhs1-earth-watch-3rd-quarter-2010-earthquake-report/</link>
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		<title>Is That Piece of Jasper an Agate?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[These headaches can be relieved very easily though with just a little bit of knowledge about the different quartz group stones.........]]></description>
		<link>http://rockhoundstation1.net/wp/2010/rock-and-gem/is-that-piece-of-jasper-an-agate/</link>
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		<title>Back To Copperopolis &#8211; Rockhound Field Trip</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have never seen a true moss quartz crystal before........]]></description>
		<link>http://rockhoundstation1.net/wp/2010/general/back-to-copperopolis-rockhound-field-trip/</link>
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		<title>New Technology for Artifact Evaluation Opens Closed Doors to Past</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fingerprinting metal artifacts is likely to lead to some very startling  discoveries about early mining and trade.....]]></description>
		<link>http://rockhoundstation1.net/wp/2010/general/new-technology-for-artifact-evaluation-opens-closed-doors-to-past/</link>
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		<title>Rockhound Trip Report: Copperopolis, California</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Around noon the sun was starting to make life rough for us and there was no longer any shade at the pit..........]]></description>
		<link>http://rockhoundstation1.net/wp/2010/rock-and-gem/rockhound-trip-report-copperopolis-california/</link>
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