Epidote and zircon are semiprecious gemstones. More recently the hard mineral had been put to use as an industrial abrasive on sandpapers and in sandblasting applications, garnet has also been used as a gemstone for hundreds of years. Please keep your comments ontopic, focus on the significant issue and avoid personal insults, harassment and abuse. Alaska Dispatch News uses Civil Comments. Read the user guide. Now this year the trust plans to conduct a ‘low altitude’ airborne magnetic survey and collect bulk ore samples to further delineate the resources. So, alaska Journal of Commerce. Elwood Brehmer can be reached at elwood.brehmer@alaskajournal.com. Considering the above said. Early drilling samples of the ore sand, really indicate up to 40 the ore percent is heavy minerals in the broadest delta area near the point of the cape, trust officials stressed that the resource evaluations are preliminary.
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