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"About 400 kilometres northwest of Sydney, just south of Dubbo, lies a large
and interesting body of rock formed around 215 million years ago by erupting
volcanoes.
Known as the Toongi deposit, this site is rich in so-called rare earths: a
collection of 16 metallic elements essential for modern technologies from
electric cars to solar panels and mobile phones.
Efforts are under way to mine this deposit, but the demand for rare earths in
the coming decades is likely to be enormous.
To find more, we need to understand how and why these deposits form. Our latest
research on Australian volcanoes, published in
Nature Communications Earth and
Environment, shows how tiny crystals formed inside volcanoes offer clues about
the formation of rare earth deposits – and how we can find more of them."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
