Since mineralization of the rare-earth elements in these deposits occurs via their easily leachable adsorption onto clay minerals, their alternate capture by insoluble rhabdophane is detrimental ...

With 80% of the world's rare-earth elements—which are essential for the development of renewable technologies and for combating climate change—deriving from either monazite or its carbonate ...

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