Recycling, Chromite, and Obsidian Nedles

So, I spent some time today with Rick stockton, Manager of the Nuui Cunni Indian Center in Lake Isabella, picking up old rusty barbed wire and t posts from Fish & Game property along the South Fork of the Kern.  We even managed to recycle it, instead of it helping fill the dump.
   Then I cut some chromite from Clear Creek Management Area, west of Coalinga.  It reminded me that Clear Creek is now closed, due to outright stupidity by BLM Manager Rick Cooper.  But that's another story.  This material is really nice, better than most in the world.  Chromite is found in deep magma, so it's resistant to high temps and pressure.  It's common in meteorites!  It's used mostly in making stainless steel, but used in chemicals to treat leather, and in textiles for the color yellow.  And it makes the green in Emeralds!
   Finally, I used a diamond core drill to drill some holes in some mahogany obsidian needles to make some windchimes later.