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Old 12-12-2023, 09:35 AM   #9 (permalink)
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They are called rare because compared to other minerals thay don't occur everywhere and in abundance so are therefore hard to gather. The other issue is that to get them purified, the oxides (?) Are extremely stable, take *potloads of energy/chemistry to purify to a commercial tolerance.
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