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Earth MRI - Common Uses of Rare Earth Elements

What are Critical Minerals?

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Infographic listing all 60 critical minerals on List

2025 List of Critical Minerals
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Critical Minerals Atlas

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Periodic Table of Critical Minerals & Their Uses Activity

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Infographic on the methodology used to create the List of Critical Minerals. Click for full text.

Mineral Supply Risk Analysis for the 2022 List of Critical Minerals Infographic
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What minerals produce the colors in fireworks?
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Infographic showing minerals used in servers in a data center and import data for each.

Key Minerals in Data Centers Infographic
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Marine Minerals
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Slag-What is it Good for?

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USGS CoreCast

Why Do Minerals Matter?
Podcasts
CoreFacts

What is marine geology?
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The Challenge of Volcano Monitoring, Eruption Forecasting, and Protecting Vulnerable Populations
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Eyes on Earth Episode 137 – Landsat Takes Yellowstone’s Temperature
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Characterizing organic carbon at Escanaba Trough
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2017 Oct. Public Lecture — Global Trends in Mineral Commodity Supplies
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Guided by science. Join us live @usinterior

Instagram Live - DOI Secretary Haaland and USGS Director Applegate
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Understanding large rock slides in deglaciated valleys in the Central and Patagonian Andes

Podcasts
Phil Brodrick, Raymond Kokaly, David Thompson with the logo for the USGS podcast Eyes on Earth

Eyes on Earth Episode 75 – Mapping Dust Sources Worldwide
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PubTalk 2/2017 — Geology up-close
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USGS

Hidden Treasures in a Troubled Nation: Science for Afghanistan's Future
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One Way to Develop a Geologic Hazards Program: Lessons Learned and Anecdotes
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USGS CoreCast

The Heavens on Earth
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USGS Pollinator Research and Monitoring
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China's Economic Rebalancing Act-Implications for the World Economy
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Quality of Our Nation's Groundwater
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Shear surface undulations modulate gouge strength and contribute to divergent landslide acceleration
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Geologic Mapping at the USGS Florence Bascom Geoscience Center
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Mississippi River Science Form (Video 1)

Mississippi River Science Forum: Part 1
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PubTalk 04/2019 - California's Ecosystems
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The Science of Good Taste -- Geology, Wine and Food
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