[Rockhounds] Do you have any Rare Earth minerals in your collection?

[Kreigh Tomaszewski]

The media focuses on oil today, but mining is still important to our 
current way of life. The electronics industry is based on rare earth 
doping of silicon to make computers, TVs, and the internet possible.

Some people are paying attention and note that we are running out of 
supplies of the rare earth minerals that make our current technology 
possible. Some estimates say we will run out within ten years...

	http://www.asimovs.com/_issue_0806/ref.shtml

If you don't have any rare earth minerals in your collection, you might 
want to look for some now, before they become unaffordable.

Kreigh