mineral

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But it is also rich in gold and diamonds as well as bauxite and coltan, a mineral that contains a metal used in mobile phones, laptops and other electronics.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

The Madrid Protocol bans mineral extraction, but that prohibition comes up for review in 2048.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

There’s no way to know how widespread or systematic those concentrations are without technical reports disclosing a project’s mineral contents and quality, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

To determine its age, the team used uranium-series dating, examining tiny mineral layers that had formed over and sometimes beneath the artwork in Liang Metanduno cave.

From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026

When years before they had first come to the people living on the Cebolleta land grant, they had not said what kind of mineral it was.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko