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To: TobagoJack who wrote (40591)	10/1/2008 7:41:09 PM
From: dvdw©	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218068

Quantity of world wide resources are unknown. Demand for these have only arrived within a decade, the search is proportional to demand. Demand will dictate the process adjustments necessary, through which further identification can occur. Resource scarcity is allotted as a function of prevailing systemic self interest. Right party right answer, wrong party wrong answer. Up to now the applications were demand "less", and thus the necessity to do more than stumble onto all we've identified was a function of utilitarian intent, little more than a curiosity, with a strong leaning toward the identifer as guru. No need to worry though, nanometer size functionality, extends every resource beyond its physical apparentness. now there are other scalable commodities, on imminent rendezvous with applications extensibility. At least 2 will need their own futures contracts relatively soon. The advantages of amorphous technology, between materials groups, with respect to applications, creates advantages which extend the life cycle of even scarcer current demand items.

To: TobagoJack who wrote (40591)	10/1/2008 11:18:13 PM
From: Snowshoe	Respond to of 218068

>>i trust there is a reason why the rare earths are named so<< You're too trusting. They aren't really so "rare" and they aren't "earths"... The term "Rare Earth" arises from the minerals from which they were isolated, which were uncommon oxide-type minerals (earths), only found in Gadolinite from one mine in the village of Ytterby, Sweden, However, with the exception of the highly-unstable promethium, the rare earth elements are found in relatively high concentrations in the earth's crust with Cerium being the 25th most abundant element in the earth's crust at 68 parts per million. en.wikipedia.org P.S. The recent high demand has resulted in extensive prospecting for indium and "rare earths" around the world, including Alaska.