#minerals — Public Fediverse posts
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To say that the Trinity test changed the world would not be a hyperbole - it was the daybreak of the nuclear age. But it also changed it in small ways, like making new minerals and clathrates as a new set of conditions showed up for the first time on Earth.
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To say that the Trinity test changed the world would not be a hyperbole - it was the daybreak of the nuclear age. But it also changed it in small ways, like making new minerals and clathrates as a new set of conditions showed up for the first time on Earth.
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To say that the Trinity test changed the world would not be a hyperbole - it was the daybreak of the nuclear age. But it also changed it in small ways, like making new minerals and clathrates as a new set of conditions showed up for the first time on Earth.
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To say that the Trinity test changed the world would not be a hyperbole - it was the daybreak of the nuclear age. But it also changed it in small ways, like making new minerals and clathrates as a new set of conditions showed up for the first time on Earth.
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To say that the Trinity test changed the world would not be a hyperbole - it was the daybreak of the nuclear age. But it also changed it in small ways, like making new minerals and clathrates as a new set of conditions showed up for the first time on Earth.
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/229237/ Ongwe Minerals Reports Expansion of Manga Bedrock Anomaly, Increasing Grades and Width to the East, Omatjete Gold Project, Namibia #and #Anomaly #Bedrock #east #expansion #gold #Grades #Increasing #Manga #minerals #Namibia #of #Omatjete #Ongwe #Project #reports #the #to #Width
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Blistered Sulphuret of Copper (*Cuprum sulphureum*) (1802–17) by James Sowerby, from British Mineralogy.
Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/d50430b6-f800-456b-94bc-38943d846b3d
#fauna #minerals #marine #geology #rocks #mineralogy #art #publicdomain
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Vengo del #extractivismo. Nací en una concesión minera de sal en medio de una península al noroeste de México. Mi pasado se remonta aún más atrás cuando un tal Emiliano Ybarra encontró oro en el desierto. #WindowFriday #photography #historia #mexico #minerals #literatura #cronica #ViernesDeEscritorio #viernesdeventana
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https://www.europesays.com/videos/22397/ Norway’s Svalbard archipelago, a pawn on Russia’s chessboard • FRANCE 24 English #Arctic #ArcticOcean #FRANCE24 #FRANCE24English #FRANCE24 #FRANCE24English #minerals #Norway #Russia #settlements #Svalbard
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Japan's government is developing methods to mine critical minerals, including rare earths, from the seabed around Minamitorishima, a remote Japanese island, eyeing domestic rare earth production for economic security. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/05/07/economy/japan-rare-earth-production/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #rareearths #minerals #chinajapanrelations #minamitorishima
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Japan's government is developing methods to mine critical minerals, including rare earths, from the seabed around Minamitorishima, a remote Japanese island, eyeing domestic rare earth production for economic security. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/05/07/economy/japan-rare-earth-production/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #rareearths #minerals #chinajapanrelations #minamitorishima
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Japan's government is developing methods to mine critical minerals, including rare earths, from the seabed around Minamitorishima, a remote Japanese island, eyeing domestic rare earth production for economic security. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/05/07/economy/japan-rare-earth-production/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #rareearths #minerals #chinajapanrelations #minamitorishima
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Japan's government is developing methods to mine critical minerals, including rare earths, from the seabed around Minamitorishima, a remote Japanese island, eyeing domestic rare earth production for economic security. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/05/07/economy/japan-rare-earth-production/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #rareearths #minerals #chinajapanrelations #minamitorishima
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Silky filamentous Sulphate of Iron (*Ferrum sulphuratum*) (1802–17) by James Sowerby, from British Mineralogy.
Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/c3ec7953-c52f-461b-90f5-99a1e59ddd73
#minerals #geology #green #floral #rocks #drawing #mineralogy #leaves #art #publicdomain
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Beautiful lavender and salmon banding flows in irregular waves through this polished half. The upper cavity shows white chalcedony with some rough areas, while the lower section displays classic concentric bands in soft purples and peachy tones. Clean polish showcases the translucent quality well. 🔮 #agates #minerals #geology
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Yup. That's what the #UnitedStates is reduced to... #Mobsters shaking up other countries for their #Minerals. Nothing new for #CorporateColonialism, but still... Shameful!
#Zambia blasts the US over a $2 billion health deal in exchange for #CriticalMinerals
By Farai Mutsaka and GERALD IMRAY, May 5, 2026
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — "Zambia is accusing the United States of tying a $2 billion deal for critical health assistance to access to the southern African nation’s rich mineral assets, and calling the outgoing U.S. ambassador’s allegations of corruption 'mischievous' and 'undiplomatic.'
"The comments by Zambia’s foreign affairs minister, #MulamboHaimbe, on Monday brought into the open simmering tensions over President Donald #Trump’s '#AmericaFirst' strategy, which is reshaping aid to #Africa into #transactional agreements.
"Some African leaders and health experts have criticized the new U.S. stance and its demands for sensitive health data in exchange for badly needed support for health systems strained by the Trump administration’s dismantling of foreign aid. Some say they would not receive access to health innovations like #vaccines in return."
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https://www.alojapan.com/1482848/japan-seeks-more-involvement-in-angola-oil-minerals-during-africa-tour/ Japan seeks more involvement in Angola oil, minerals during Africa tour #africa #angola #involvement #Japan #JapanTrips #minerals #more #oil #seeks #tour #trips International relations Top Tokyo diplomat also visits other big China trade partners Kenya, Zambia and South Africa A meeting between foreign ministers from Japan and Angola on May 1. (Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs) KEITO NAKAOKA and RINTO HORIKOSHI TOKYO — Japan is making a ne
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https://www.alojapan.com/1482848/japan-seeks-more-involvement-in-angola-oil-minerals-during-africa-tour/ Japan seeks more involvement in Angola oil, minerals during Africa tour #africa #angola #involvement #Japan #JapanTrips #minerals #more #oil #seeks #tour #trips International relations Top Tokyo diplomat also visits other big China trade partners Kenya, Zambia and South Africa A meeting between foreign ministers from Japan and Angola on May 1. (Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs) KEITO NAKAOKA and RINTO HORIKOSHI TOKYO — Japan is making a ne
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A rush for critical minerals echoes oil extraction injustice as harms fall on world's most vulnerable, scientists warn https://phys.org/news/2026-04-critical-minerals-echoes-oil-injustice.html
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Beautiful concentric banding flows from pale amber outer zones through honey and orange into that deep red-orange core. The bands follow the natural cavity shape perfectly, with clean parallel lines. Nice druzy quartz rim and that floating fragment adds character 🔥
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In the capitalist global system, every purchase is an action the determines how much power we give as consumers to big corporations.
And this current system is not working for people or the planet as we know it, but only amplifying the polycrisis (*insert* mourning in future tense).
I made a radical switch from iPhone to Android after almost 8 years or so. I downloaded all my 155 GBs of pictures from icloud and unsubscribed to the cloud storage (for life), everything self-hosted—soon.
I switched to not a very normal Android device, but surely a fairer one. Fairphone is one of the most repairable phones out there, designed in the Netherlands. Promoting users to repair their own devices actively, a phone that you own not the other way around. The two visible screws (Torx T5) on the back even encourages user to open it themselves.
On the other hand, even a new EU mandate requires every smartphone sold in Europe including Apple devices to feature a battery that can be replaced by the user without specialist tools, without voiding a warranty, and without sending the device to a manufacturer approved service center.
The designers and the team at Fairphone even went so far as to incorporate the map of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, sourcing conflict-free tin and tantalum from mines. FYI: The same mines that produced almost 50% of uranium oxide (i.e. 8.59 million kg) for the U.S. Manhattan Project.
Read the full 2025 Fairphone's Impact Report here: https://lnkd.in/ejWvdxiB
A small step towards more circular electronics. ☀
#fasttech #saynotofasttech #circular #sustaianble #electronics #fairphone #EuropeanUnion #Minerals #Sourcing #Fast #Tech
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In the capitalist global system, every purchase is an action the determines how much power we give as consumers to big corporations.
And this current system is not working for people or the planet as we know it, but only amplifying the polycrisis (*insert* mourning in future tense).
I made a radical switch from iPhone to Android after almost 8 years or so. I downloaded all my 155 GBs of pictures from icloud and unsubscribed to the cloud storage (for life), everything self-hosted—soon.
I switched to not a very normal Android device, but surely a fairer one. Fairphone is one of the most repairable phones out there, designed in the Netherlands. Promoting users to repair their own devices actively, a phone that you own not the other way around. The two visible screws (Torx T5) on the back even encourages user to open it themselves.
On the other hand, even a new EU mandate requires every smartphone sold in Europe including Apple devices to feature a battery that can be replaced by the user without specialist tools, without voiding a warranty, and without sending the device to a manufacturer approved service center.
The designers and the team at Fairphone even went so far as to incorporate the map of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, sourcing conflict-free tin and tantalum from mines. FYI: The same mines that produced almost 50% of uranium oxide (i.e. 8.59 million kg) for the U.S. Manhattan Project.
Read the full 2025 Fairphone's Impact Report here: https://lnkd.in/ejWvdxiB
A small step towards more circular electronics. ☀
#fasttech #saynotofasttech #circular #sustaianble #electronics #fairphone #EuropeanUnion #Minerals #Sourcing #Fast #Tech
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In the capitalist global system, every purchase is an action the determines how much power we give as consumers to big corporations.
And this current system is not working for people or the planet as we know it, but only amplifying the polycrisis (*insert* mourning in future tense).
I made a radical switch from iPhone to Android after almost 8 years or so. I downloaded all my 155 GBs of pictures from icloud and unsubscribed to the cloud storage (for life), everything self-hosted—soon.
I switched to not a very normal Android device, but surely a fairer one. Fairphone is one of the most repairable phones out there, designed in the Netherlands. Promoting users to repair their own devices actively, a phone that you own not the other way around. The two visible screws (Torx T5) on the back even encourages user to open it themselves.
On the other hand, even a new EU mandate requires every smartphone sold in Europe including Apple devices to feature a battery that can be replaced by the user without specialist tools, without voiding a warranty, and without sending the device to a manufacturer approved service center.
The designers and the team at Fairphone even went so far as to incorporate the map of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, sourcing conflict-free tin and tantalum from mines. FYI: The same mines that produced almost 50% of uranium oxide (i.e. 8.59 million kg) for the U.S. Manhattan Project.
Read the full 2025 Fairphone's Impact Report here: https://lnkd.in/ejWvdxiB
A small step towards more circular electronics. ☀
#fasttech #saynotofasttech #circular #sustaianble #electronics #fairphone #EuropeanUnion #Minerals #Sourcing #Fast #Tech
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In the capitalist global system, every purchase is an action the determines how much power we give as consumers to big corporations.
And this current system is not working for people or the planet as we know it, but only amplifying the polycrisis (*insert* mourning in future tense).
I made a radical switch from iPhone to Android after almost 8 years or so. I downloaded all my 155 GBs of pictures from icloud and unsubscribed to the cloud storage (for life), everything self-hosted—soon.
I switched to not a very normal Android device, but surely a fairer one. Fairphone is one of the most repairable phones out there, designed in the Netherlands. Promoting users to repair their own devices actively, a phone that you own not the other way around. The two visible screws (Torx T5) on the back even encourages user to open it themselves.
On the other hand, even a new EU mandate requires every smartphone sold in Europe including Apple devices to feature a battery that can be replaced by the user without specialist tools, without voiding a warranty, and without sending the device to a manufacturer approved service center.
The designers and the team at Fairphone even went so far as to incorporate the map of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, sourcing conflict-free tin and tantalum from mines. FYI: The same mines that produced almost 50% of uranium oxide (i.e. 8.59 million kg) for the U.S. Manhattan Project.
Read the full 2025 Fairphone's Impact Report here: https://lnkd.in/ejWvdxiB
A small step towards more circular electronics. ☀
#fasttech #saynotofasttech #circular #sustaianble #electronics #fairphone #EuropeanUnion #Minerals #Sourcing #Fast #Tech
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In the capitalist global system, every purchase is an action the determines how much power we give as consumers to big corporations.
And this current system is not working for people or the planet as we know it, but only amplifying the polycrisis (*insert* mourning in future tense).
I made a radical switch from iPhone to Android after almost 8 years or so. I downloaded all my 155 GBs of pictures from icloud and unsubscribed to the cloud storage (for life), everything self-hosted—soon.
I switched to not a very normal Android device, but surely a fairer one. Fairphone is one of the most repairable phones out there, designed in the Netherlands. Promoting users to repair their own devices actively, a phone that you own not the other way around. The two visible screws (Torx T5) on the back even encourages user to open it themselves.
On the other hand, even a new EU mandate requires every smartphone sold in Europe including Apple devices to feature a battery that can be replaced by the user without specialist tools, without voiding a warranty, and without sending the device to a manufacturer approved service center.
The designers and the team at Fairphone even went so far as to incorporate the map of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, sourcing conflict-free tin and tantalum from mines. FYI: The same mines that produced almost 50% of uranium oxide (i.e. 8.59 million kg) for the U.S. Manhattan Project.
Read the full 2025 Fairphone's Impact Report here: https://lnkd.in/ejWvdxiB
A small step towards more circular electronics. ☀
#fasttech #saynotofasttech #circular #sustaianble #electronics #fairphone #EuropeanUnion #Minerals #Sourcing #Fast #Tech
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🦂🧪 #Scorpions incorporate #metals like #zinc and #manganese into the tips of their stingers and the edges of their pincers.
This #biomineralization process makes their #anatomy more resistant to wear and breakage during #hunting. Scientists found that the specific placement of these #minerals depends on the physical needs of different scorpion species.
👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/metal-scorpion-evolution/
#zoology #evolution #science #biology #nature #chemistry #entomology
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🦂🧪 #Scorpions incorporate #metals like #zinc and #manganese into the tips of their stingers and the edges of their pincers.
This #biomineralization process makes their #anatomy more resistant to wear and breakage during #hunting. Scientists found that the specific placement of these #minerals depends on the physical needs of different scorpion species.
👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/metal-scorpion-evolution/
#zoology #evolution #science #biology #nature #chemistry #entomology
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🦂🧪 #Scorpions incorporate #metals like #zinc and #manganese into the tips of their stingers and the edges of their pincers.
This #biomineralization process makes their #anatomy more resistant to wear and breakage during #hunting. Scientists found that the specific placement of these #minerals depends on the physical needs of different scorpion species.
👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/metal-scorpion-evolution/
#zoology #evolution #science #biology #nature #chemistry #entomology
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🦂🧪 #Scorpions incorporate #metals like #zinc and #manganese into the tips of their stingers and the edges of their pincers.
This #biomineralization process makes their #anatomy more resistant to wear and breakage during #hunting. Scientists found that the specific placement of these #minerals depends on the physical needs of different scorpion species.
👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/metal-scorpion-evolution/
#zoology #evolution #science #biology #nature #chemistry #entomology
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🦂🧪 #Scorpions incorporate #metals like #zinc and #manganese into the tips of their stingers and the edges of their pincers.
This #biomineralization process makes their #anatomy more resistant to wear and breakage during #hunting. Scientists found that the specific placement of these #minerals depends on the physical needs of different scorpion species.
👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/metal-scorpion-evolution/
#zoology #evolution #science #biology #nature #chemistry #entomology
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Beautiful concentric banding in lavender, cream, and golden yellow flows around a central druzy-lined cavity. The soft, irregular bands create nice contrast against the darker host rock sections. Clean polish shows off the translucent chalcedony layers well 💜
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@agatesfrommexico Indeed so. The idea that #renewable #energy, & the #minerals that go with it, is environmentally & socially cost-free, is a complete nonsense. That said, #renewables are still vastly preferable to #fossilfuels & #nuclear - so we just have to find a way of making them compatible, somehow, with #social & #environmental #justice. Clearly, we MUST reduce energy #consumption & #waste.
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Nice Coyamito halve with that classic burnt-orange rind and clean interior banding. The white and brown bands flow in tight concentric patterns around the center, with some wider zones mixing in. Good polish brings out the translucency in the lighter bands. 🧡
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https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/apr/29/critical-minerals-are-oil-of-21st-century-as-demand-fuels-poverty-and-pollution-in-poorer-countries; https://collections.unu.edu/eserv/UNU:10642/UNU-INWEH-Critical-Minerals-Water-Insecurity-and-Injustice.pdf. "Critical #minerals such as #lithium, #cobalt & #nickel are becoming the 'oil of the 21st century' as the scramble for precious #metals deepens #poverty & creates #publichealth #crises in some of the world’s most #vulnerable #communities, a report by the UN’s #water #thinktank has found."
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🌍🌋 The #Earth's crust accounts for only a tiny fraction of its total volume, leaving the vast majority of our planet largely unseen.
Researchers are studying seismic waves and ancient #meteorites to better understand the continent-sized mystery blobs and unique #minerals located deep beneath our feet.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/earths-layers-crash-course-geology-video
#1960s #earthquake #elements #geography #heat #history #iron #magnesium #mountains #ocean #science #seismology #underground #volcanoes #tksst #video
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🌍🌋 The #Earth's crust accounts for only a tiny fraction of its total volume, leaving the vast majority of our planet largely unseen.
Researchers are studying seismic waves and ancient #meteorites to better understand the continent-sized mystery blobs and unique #minerals located deep beneath our feet.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/earths-layers-crash-course-geology-video
#1960s #earthquake #elements #geography #heat #history #iron #magnesium #mountains #ocean #science #seismology #underground #volcanoes #tksst #video
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What minerals and vitamins help with depression? #mentalhealth #depression #vitamins #minerals ... Continue to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHWDMy5dXv4
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Nice Moctezuma half with warm caramel outer bands transitioning to soft pink and ivory toward the center. The central cavity shows good druzy quartz lining with clean, concentric banding throughout. Polish quality is solid with natural edge intact. 🔶
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Illustration by Adam Wirsing, from Marmora et adfines aliquos lapides coloribus suis exprimi (1776).
Source: SLUB
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/afaaf49e-100f-461f-9ba8-a53e494e874e
#minerals #geology #stones #collecting #patterns #marble #art #publicdomain
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A titan from #Congo! The sheer scale of this colossal Malachite specimen is simply breathtaking. It showcases a massive and complex botryoidal formation, with those vibrant, deep green pillars on the left contrasting against the smaller, bubble-like mounds on the right. A true museum-quality showpiece of natural artistry! 💎🌿
📸 Credit: @cornerstoneminerals
By #GemSpectrum
#Geology #GeologyPage #Nature #Minerals #Crystals #Gems #Nature #NatureLovers #NaturePhotography #Photographer #RockPorn -
Beautiful lavender and white banding flows in tight concentric patterns from the pale core outward. The polished face reveals excellent contrast between the soft purple tones and creamy white layers, with some darker gray zones adding depth. Clean cut showcases the natural fortification patterns perfectly 💜
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4,000 Years Of Amethyst Across Global Civilization
@archaeologyart #globalmuseum #gems #minerals #Amethyst -
#Computers Are Getting #Slower : Medium
#Pilot #Project paves way to storing #CO2 #Underground as #Minerals in #Arid countries ($) : Nature
#Women’s #Brains Can Help Unleash a $1 Trillion #Opportunity : Time
Latest #KnowledgeLinks
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🧐💤 Apparently, God is taking a #nap in #minerals at the Natural History Museum, because where else would the #divine choose to snooze? 📸🪨 Who knew #rocks were the new holy mattresses? Forget religion, just visit #LA for some divine #siesta vibes! 🌟😴
https://wchambliss.wordpress.com/2026/03/03/god-sleeps-in-the-minerals/ #NaturalHistoryMuseum #HackerNews #ngated -
Agate banding forms through rhythmic silica deposition in volcanic cavities, with each band representing a distinct chemical environment. Iron oxides create the reds and yellows, while manganese produces purples and pinks. The characteristic concentric patterns develop as silica-rich groundwater repeatedly fills and partially empties the void space over thousands of years. #agates #minerals #geology
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Critical minerals: How the proposed framework with US came about, why ministry told Herald to destroy sensitive information https://www.byteseu.com/1934685/ #about #also #arrangement #briefings #came #critical #destroy #documents #Draft #ensor #Framework #herald #how #included #information #jamie #meant #Minerals #ministerial #ministry #NewZealand #obtained #potential #proposed #released #reports #reveal #risks #Sensitive #states #that #the #to #told #united #US #version #wasnt #What #why #with #within
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Norway struggles to launch the exploitation of Europe’s largest rare earth deposit.
According to new estimates, reserves at Fensfeltet could reach up to 15.9 million tons of rare earth oxides.
However, the project faces delays due to administrative procedures and high financial risks in the face of competition from China and the United States.
