[Rockhounds] new-smithsonian-museum-display-showcases-the-mineral-building-blocks-of-cellphones

[Tim Fisher]

I read it years ago and accepted it as fact. Ergo it is true :D

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I have always heard that every cell phone and computer contained a part of Spruce Pine, NC, in the form of silicon quarried by the Quartz Corporation (was Unimin). Anyone know if this is still the case?

I guess it is still pretty important stuff considering it is shipped 4000+ miles (6000+ km) to Norway for processing to 99.998% SiO2 (
https://www.imerys.com/minerals/quartz)

Here's a bit of a dated video pretty much saying the same things I've heard for 20 years, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcALkwLpaW8

Anyone else know of any other super pure quartz mines/quarries in the world?


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