hard rock
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The Tanbreez project holds 45 million tons of rare earth hard rock deposits, with a pilot plant program starting in May.
From Barron's ● Apr. 17, 2026
"You are my god," Sanae Takaichi, a hard rock enthusiast, told the band's drummer Ian Paice, beaming as she handed him a pair of signed Japanese-made drumsticks.
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2026
Most of the fossil remains encased in hard rock, and manually removing it could take years.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 1, 2026
Pop culture seemed ready to welcome back a breed of hitmaker thought lost to time — the sleeve-tatted, throat-shredding hard rock star.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026
This wasn’t hard rock against hard rock; harmonic tremors were earthquakes of solid rock against magma, “like squishy rock sliding on solid rock,” explained Malone.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
