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Some OziExplorer additions

By admin | May 12, 2009

I wanted to do 2 things.
1.  Check for easier turn by turn route creation tools (ideally something integrated with OziExplorer)
2.  Figure an easy way to create index maps of regions I can’t currently find.
 
Well, I tried out a tool that looked promising called ITNConv which is reputed to be similar to GPSBabel.  It actually outputs [...]

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Lepidolite, Muscovite Harding Pegmatite-Dixon, NM

By admin | January 25, 2009

Lepidolite a lithium ore along with Rose Muscovite is very plentiful at the mine as purple rocks shown in the pictures below.  Make sure you stop at the caretakers house to sign the waiver before you go to the mine otherwise its off-limits.  The photos don’t show the purple as well — they are really [...]

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Kelly Mine Smithsonite-Magdalena, NM

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The Kelly Mine near Socorro NM (much closer to Magdalena NM) and near the VLA (Very Large Array – the HUGE radio telescope array) is the primary source for Smithsonite in the US.  However, we did very badly at the mine.  There were very large deposits of pyrite in a gross form (not [...]

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Barite-Hartsel, CO

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Some very nice pieces of Barite from a difficult to locate mine in Hartsel, CO!  Many of the pieces are dark blue to light blue.  This piece is not a very good example, and getting the color to show in the photograph is a bit difficult.  There was a lot around when I was there [...]

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