World’s rarest gem benitoite mined in California
In the San Benito Mountains California two Fresno men William Forrest and Elvis Gray operate an open face mine yielding benitoite the rarest gem. They describe the stones as delicate blue crystals with limited demand and note a one carat piece can fetch about 200 dollars while stones over two carats are extremely uncommon.
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San Benito Mountains
Here
Fresno
San Benito River
San Francisco
William Forrest
Elvis
Buzz
Gray
Forrest
Watt A Pump A Wave Power Device From Scripps
Oceanographers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography with Sea Grant funds devised a wave pump producing about a thousand watts. The single moving part is a 200 foot plastic pipe with a check valve. Waves push water into a pressure tank on a ship or buoy, driving a turbine to generate electricity. Further tests planned.
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San Diego
Calif
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Nancy Mitford Dead at 68 in Versailles Home
Nancy Mitford British novelist and historian died Saturday at her Versailles home after a long illness. The 68 year old wit of the British and French upper classes is remembered for her literary and historical work.
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Nancy Mitford
London
Miss Mitford
Versailles
Paris
Brazil expands navy by acquiring secondhand ships
Official sources say Brazil is enlarging its naval forces by purchasing secondhand vessels from the United States Britain and West Germany.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
United States
Britain
West Germany
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Warren County Area
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