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GEM announced plans in December 1965 to merge with Parkview Drugs, a Kansas City-based chain, creating a new parent company called Parkview-GEM. [7] [8] The merger was finalize five months later. [9] A 1971 Democrat and Chronicle story reported that a lone gunman robbed more than $6,000 from the cashier’s office at a Rochester, New York, GEM ...
Scientists from around the world come to Colorado to study the minerals of this region. Because the granite covers a large portion of the Colorado Front Range, there are good mineral collecting areas scattered all over the Pikes Peak region. The collecting localities range from near Colorado Springs on the south to just west of Denver on the north.
Loyalty cards; Cards giving entitlement to educational discount. In many cases, a discount may be offered on proof of student status, without a special card. Cards giving entitlement to military discount. [1] [2] In many cases, a discount may be offered on proof of current or former membership of a military service, without a special card.
Colorado School of Mines is located to the southwest of Golden's downtown, bordered by U.S. Route 6 and Clear Creek. The campus spans 373 acres (1.51 km 2 ), [ 5 ] and includes over a dozen academic and research buildings, indoor and outdoor athletic facilities, two student centers, a library, eight residential halls, and administration buildings.
In 1986, California named benitoite as its state gemstone, a form of the mineral barium titanium silicate that is unique to the Golden State and only found in gem quality in San Benito County. [80] ^ Colorado is the only state whose geological symbols reflect the national flag's colors: red (rhodochrosite), white (yule marble), and blue ...
The Colorado Mineral Belt (CMB) is an area of ore deposits from the La Plata Mountains in Southwestern Colorado to near the middle of the state at Boulder, Colorado, and from which over 25 million troy ounces (778 t) of gold were extracted beginning in 1858. [2]
In 1956, the United States, Canada, and Mexico came to an agreement with the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, the Automobile Manufacturers Association and the National Safety Council that standardized the size for license plates for vehicles (except those for motorcycles) at 6 inches (15 cm) in height by 12 inches (30 cm) in width, with standardized mounting holes. [1]
The Mines Museum of Earth Science, formerly the Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum, [1] is a geology museum located on the campus of the Colorado School of Mines, in Golden, Colorado, United States. It was established in 1877 by paleontologist and Mines' professor, Arthur Lakes.