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Prehnite, the Granny Smith apple green mineral

  • prehnite
  • October 10, 2011
“What’s that lovely apple green stone?” I asked of my favorite Australian outback miner. Besides having that rhythmic Aussie...
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Alternatives to vaccinations

The best alternative to vaccinations is making sure your child has a healthy immune system. For instance, vitamin A offers protection from measles...
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Eco Ventures Group joint venture commercializes mineral recovery technology

  • Eco Ventures Group
  • August 15, 2011
Eco Ventures Group, Inc. (OTCBB: EVGI) announced today that it has signed a joint venture agreement with Raptor Technology Group, Inc. to...
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Salt: An unusual desert storm

  • Salt Storm
  • May 7, 2011
Driving across the Mojave Desert you are likely to encounter many types of storms. From winds whipping sand at your car in what feels like...
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Here’s Nuts to you! Cashews a great health food?

  • Cashew nuts for health
  • February 14, 2011
Do you know where those little crescent shaped nuts come from? Do they grow underground like the peanut – on a bush – or on a tree?...
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China owns the international rare earth minerals market

When Deng Xiaoping, the late Chinese leader, stated in 1979 that “The Middle East has oil, but China dominates the rare earth elements”...
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Limestone is too abundant to have come entirely from shellfish

Limestone (primarily calcium carbonate) accounts for 10 to 15 percent of all sedimentary rock and includes a thousand times more calcium and carbon...
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National Pecan Day---a great day for nut-lovers

Top honors on my list of favorite nuts go to pecans. They landed there because they’re both nutritious and versatile. Mini-nutritional...
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Rotunda's list of top 3 protein foods

Lots of us are list junkies. Why else would just about every consumer magazine on the market include at least one list article in most of their...
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Celebrate National Potato Month with these easy prep ideas

In all my life, I’ve met just one person who doesn’t like potatoes. Marge makes no apologies for her disdain of the root veggy, and she...
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