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A desert ridge rendered as a mineral map — NASA, Mapping Critical Minerals
Wikimedia Commons · NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio - NASA/JPL CalTech/James Round, NASA/Eleanor Stokes, SSAI/Nicole Ramberg-Phil, eMITS/Jacob Shaw, JPL/Josh Krohn, NASA/JPL/Robert O. Green, AFRC/Kirt Stallings, D 11 Septemb
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Cassiterite (GeoDIL number - 37)
Wikimedia Commons · Shannon Heinle 9 February
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Escondida mine, Chile, 1989 (year as labelled in the NASA frame)
Wikimedia Commons · NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio - SSAI/Ross K. Walter 30 August
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Escondida mine, Chile, 1999 (year as labelled in the NASA frame)
Wikimedia Commons · NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio - SSAI/Ross K. Walter 30 August
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Escondida mine, Chile, 2010 (year as labelled in the NASA frame)
Wikimedia Commons · NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio - SSAI/Ross K. Walter 30 August
Public domain
Escondida mine, Chile, 2020 (year as labelled in the NASA frame)
Wikimedia Commons · NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio - SSAI/Ross K. Walter 30 August
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Gallium spectrum visible
Wikimedia Commons · McZusatz (talk) 2013-06-03
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Gallium surface tension
Wikimedia Commons · Pixelmaniac pictures (Leave a reply) 2011-09-09
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Germanium spectrum visible
Wikimedia Commons · McZusatz (talk) 2013-06-03
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Kassiterit 32465
Wikimedia Commons · Slashme 2026-03-22
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Milling ore, Buffalo Mine, Cobalt (HS85-10-23704)
Wikimedia Commons · Arthur Augustus Cole 1911date Q
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NASA Mapping Critical Minerals (SVS60001 - EIC CriticalMinerals Main).webm
Wikimedia Commons · NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio - NASA/JPL CalTech/James Round, NASA/Eleanor Stokes, SSAI/Nicole Ramberg-Phil, eMITS/Jacob Shaw, JPL/Josh Krohn, NASA/JPL/Robert O. Green, AFRC/Kirt Stallings, D 11 Septemb
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Plate XVII- Nickel, Cobalt, Iron - DPLA - 54b7e17986d4724673452e0c2448993d
Wikimedia Commons · Kurr, J. G. (Johann Gottlob), 1798-1870 1859date Q
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Series table with rare earth elements placed in one series - DPLA - f27e92994800f08fe043b14845534dcd (page 1)
Wikimedia Commons · Mazurs, Edward G 1955 (Orig
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Series table with rare earth elements placed in two series - DPLA - d47318c5b63e7cd0262ebce55dacaf7d (page 1)
Wikimedia Commons · Shemyakin, F.M. (Fedor Mikhaĭlovich); Mazurs, Edward G 1932 (Orig
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Spodumene 11
Wikimedia Commons · Géry PARENT 2009-02-23
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Spodumene, quartz 2
Wikimedia Commons · Géry PARENT 2010-07-02
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Spodumene, quartz UV short
Wikimedia Commons · Géry PARENT 2010-07-02
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The Rare Earth Industry- Including the Manufacture of Incandescent Mantles, Pyrophoric Alloys, and Electrical Glow Lamps - DPLA - 2462ff00d7b6951c3eea2566a210e289 (page 10)
Wikimedia Commons · Johnstone, Sydney J. (Sydney James); Russell, Alexander S. (Alexander Smith), b. 1888 1915date Q
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