jade

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Coastal Job: Jade Carver (hakaimagazine.com) Justin Barrett is part of a community of divers who hunt for underwater jade in Big Sur, California. At his workshop in nearby Pacific Grove, he carves his finds into sculptures and jewelry that weave together elements of the natural world.

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Oregon Trail Mainframe (archive.org) A conversion of Oregon Trail to Applesoft BASIC, created by Chris Torrence in April 2015, from the original 1975 source code uploaded by Jimmy Maher

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Deer Creek

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undersea source

Jade forms under high pressure at subduction zones and is typically found around mountains or rivers, but Big Sur is the only known undersea source of quality nephrite—one of two types of jade—in the world.

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Jade (Wikimedia) Jade is an umbrella term for two different types of decorative rocks used for jewelry or ornaments. Jade is often referred to by either of two different silicate mineral names: nephrite (a silicate of calcium and magnesium in the amphibole group of minerals), or jadeite (a silicate of sodium and aluminum in the pyroxene group of minerals).