SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — In 1965, California lawmakers named serpentine the state rock because it symbolized the Gold Rush years and contained a mineral being put to myriad industrial uses. Nearly ...
When Dan Soliday was a kid in the 1960s, he and his friends sometimes played at the expansive quarry near his home in East Rockhill Township, Bucks County. Now, he’s scared for his 3-year-old ...
California lawmakers are expected to vote this week on SB 624, which could demote serpentine from its lofty place as California's state rock. This is a spectacularly silly decision based on shoddy ...
As Canada announces a total ban on asbestos, Canadian Geographic looks back at its early coverage of the ‘magic’ mineral, from the days when its dangers were unknown or ignored Three miners pause to ...
LIBBY - In some ways, Libby's asbestos is nothing new. It was laid down between layers of flaky vermiculite some 13 million years ago. And it was dug up, unearthed and tumbled about by glaciers that ...
A piece of serpentine rock. (Photo courtesy of Naomi Hisanaga of Aichi Gakusen University) SAITAMA -- A landscape gardener here has been awarded workers' compensation after it was recognized that he ...
SACRAMENTO, Calif.SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In 1965, California lawmakers named serpentine the state rock because it symbolized the Gold Rush years and contained a mineral being put to myriad industrial ...
SACRAMENTO — In 1965, California lawmakers named serpentine the state rock because it symbolized the Gold Rush years and contained a mineral being put to myriad industrial uses. Nearly half a century ...
SACRAMENTO — In 1965, California lawmakers named serpentine the state rock because it symbolized the Gold Rush years and contained a mineral being put to myriad industrial uses. Nearly half a century ...
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