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Utah is becoming a hot spot for rare earth minerals as China tightens its supply to the U.S.
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When I was a tween, I was fascinated by dendrochronology. Basically, I loved to count the tree rings on a log to determine the age of the tree and what it had survived during its lifetime. Unlike today’s helicopter parents, ours would push us out the door after breakfast and tell us to come home by dinner.
My little brother and I were constantly digging around the neighborhood in the hopes of finding pirate treasure (albeit not living near an ocean). I also loved geology and archeology and enjoyed rock hunting.
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