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Mike Reinke's avatar

Nice description Steve. China also has giant REE deposits in clay, which i guess is easier to extract from than other sources. Is it harder to separate REEs from iron deposits?

If you do all the research, and write a grologic column on it, id be happy to lazily read it, and even comment!

Lol

Richard I Gibson's avatar

This post about carbonatites has some info about the Bayan Obo REE deposit, but not about deposits in clays. https://richardigibson.substack.com/p/carbonatites

Mike Reinke's avatar

Er, not Steve, I mean RICHARD.

SORRY

But Steve write cool stuff too...