it's not in mud; if i remember well it's deposits in volcanic pipes, usual stuff.

mud is the location, not the material in wich the rare earths are concentrating;


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5611565/Semi-infinite-trove-rare-Earth-metals-used-create-high-tech-product-discovered.html


you can also find it here:

http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/scitech/science/649708/japan-team-maps-lsquo-semi-infinite-rsquo-rare-earth-reserves/story/



As you can see it's easy

nb; it's like saying you chase a rabbit(1) living in a hole(2) in the forest(3)
rabbit = final product
hole = nodule or submarine fumarole or another shit i dont know the english name
forest = mud

This post was edited by Saucisson6000 on Apr 26 2018 08:03pm

Yeah, they also found nodules. However, the nodules contain Manganese, the mud contains the rare earths.

http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/scitech/science/649708/japan-team-maps-lsquo-semi-infinite-rsquo-rare-earth-reserves/story/




The nodules don't contain the rare earths, the mud does. When I originally posted this they had pics of the cores, they took from the mud.
You seems to have confused one thing with another.

3-4 of the articles I linked above, state that they can easily extract the rare earth from the MUD because the rare earth grains are 4-5 times the size of the mud grains.
Nodules on the other hand are large. Like 4-5 inches or more, in diameter.

When I take the time to link 4-5 articles, you should at least read them. ^^

mmmmm ... k. btw, did you attend school sometimes ?

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