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Archive Home > 2008 > September > 28 > Glittering sunstones draw rockhounds to sage country

Glittering sunstones draw rockhounds to sage country

By Mike Stahlberg / The Bulletin
September 28, 2008

PLUSH — Out where the sagebrush hugs the sky and the antelope roam nearby, there are sunbeams in stones, there for the taking.

“Plush diamonds” they were called by the lonesome cowboys who first stumbled upon sparkling stones while riding across the Rabbit Basin....

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