Infographic: Rare earth spheres of control
Who controls the future of rare earth mining?
A research group at Finland’s University of Turku has found that colour-changing minerals such as hackmanite, tugtupite and scapolite have some hydrocarbons in their structures, which allow them to switch their natural coloration reversibly due to exposure to radiation. The...
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