mineral
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He has spoken openly about the U.S. government and American companies needing greater access to the island’s critical minerals.
Percentage of the world’s rare-earth minerals that Greenland is estimated to hold.
Because Greenland possesses 39 of the 50 minerals the United States has classified as critical to national security.
From MarketWatch
And an arrangement of that nature would not offer the US ownership rights to Greenland's vast mineral reserves that are buried deep beneath the Arctic ice.
From BBC
Under these conditions, the particles quickly formed apatite, a mineral that closely resembles the inorganic portion of natural bone.
From Science Daily
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