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Mineral display - Osaka Museum of Natural History - DSC07817 · Daderot · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

146 materials match. Criticality, production, reserves, import reliance and leading-producer share are all USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 · source ↗

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MaterialShelf World productionReserves Leading producerTop shareU.S. imported
Alumina critical
Copper & Electrical Materials 150,000thousand metric dry tons · Alumina, refinery production — China 62%† 71%
Aluminium critical
Copper & Electrical Materials 74,000thousand metric tons · Smelter production — China 61%† 60%
Antimony critical
Aerospace & Defence Materials 110,000metric tons · Mine production 2,000,000 China 36% —
Industrial Minerals not published — — — —
Arsenic critical
Semiconductor Materials 61,000metric tons · Production (arsenic trioxide, gross weight) — Peru 49% 100%
Industrial Minerals 960,000metric tons · Mine production 150,000,000 Russia 32%† 100%
Barite critical
Industrial Minerals 8,700thousand metric tons · Mine production — India 34% 75%
Bauxite critical
Copper & Electrical Materials 440,000thousand metric dry tons · Bauxite, mine production 29,000,000 — — 75%
Beryllium critical
Nuclear Materials 430.0metric tons · Mine production — United States 53% —
Bismuth critical
Aerospace & Defence Materials 16,000metric tons · Refinery production — China 88% 92%
Wood & Forest Products not published — — — —
Boron critical
Industrial Minerals not published — Turkey withheld —
Industrial Minerals 430,000metric tons · Production — — — 25%
Steel & Alloy Metals 23,000metric tons · Refinery production — China 41%† 25%
Caesium critical
Aerospace & Defence Materials not published — — — 100%
Industrial Minerals 3,800,000thousand metric tons · Cement production — China 45%† 21%
Cerium critical
Rare Earth Elements not published — — — —
Chromium critical
Steel & Alloy Metals 51,000thousand metric tons · Mine production 540,000 South Africa 45% 79%
Industrial Minerals 20,000thousand metric tons · Mine production: Bentonite, rounded — — — —
Cobalt critical
Battery Materials 310,000metric tons · Mine production 12,000,000 Congo (Kinshasa) 74% 79%
Industrial Minerals not published — — — —
Copper critical
Copper & Electrical Materials 23,000thousand metric tons · Mine production 980,000 Chile 23% —
Energy Raw Materials not published — — — —
Industrial Minerals not published — — — —
Industrial Minerals 38.00million carats · Mine production 1,700 Russia 42%† —
Industrial Minerals 2,500thousand metric tons · Mine production — United States 29%† —
Industrial Minerals not published — — — 85%
Wood & Forest Products not published — — — —
Dysprosium critical
Rare Earth Elements not published — — — —
Erbium critical
Rare Earth Elements not published — — — —
Wood & Forest Products not published — — — —
Europium critical
Rare Earth Elements not published — — — —
Industrial Minerals 31,000thousand metric tons · Mine production — India 19%† 95%
Fluorspar critical
Industrial Minerals 10,000thousand metric tons · Mine production 330,000 China 60% 100%
Gadolinium critical
Rare Earth Elements not published — — — —
Gallium critical
Semiconductor Materials 900,000kilograms · Primary production — China 100% 100%
Industrial Minerals 730,000metric tons · Mine production — Australia 48%† 71%
Precious Metals 69,000 thousands of carats · Mine production 2,000,000 Russia 30%† 99%
Germanium critical
Semiconductor Materials not published — China not published 50%
Gold
Precious Metals 3,300metric tons · Mine production 66,000 China 12%† —
Graphite critical
Battery Materials 1,800,000metric tons · Mine production 310,000,000 China 78% 100%
Industrial Minerals 160,000thousand metric tons · Mine production — United States 12%† —
Hafnium critical
Nuclear Materials not published — — — —
Wood & Forest Products not published — — — —
Wood & Forest Products not published — — — —
Industrial Minerals 190.0million cubic meters · Helium Production — United States 43%† —
Wood & Forest Products not published — — — —
Semiconductor Materials not published — — — —
Holmium critical
Rare Earth Elements not published — — — —
Indium critical
Semiconductor Materials 1,100metric tons · Refinery production — China 69% 100%
Wood & Forest Products not published — — — —
Industrial Minerals 430,000thousand metric tons · Mine production — United States 28%† —
Industrial Minerals 34,000metric tons · Mine production 6,300,000 — — 50%
Iridium critical
Precious Metals not published — — — —
Steel & Alloy Metals 360.0million metric tons · world iron slag production was estimated to be between 330 million and 390 million tons, — — — —
Steel & Alloy Metals not published — — — —
Steel & Alloy Metals 2,600,000thousand metric tons · Mine production: Usable ore, rounded 87,000 — — —
Industrial Minerals not published — — — —
Semiconductor Materials 110.0million liters · Rare gases production, (million liters) — United States 1%† 93%
Industrial Minerals not published — — — —
Lanthanum critical
Rare Earth Elements not published — — — —
Lead critical
Steel & Alloy Metals 4,500thousand metric tons · Mine production 95,000 China 42% —
Lime
Industrial Minerals 420,000thousand metric tons · Production — China 74%† —
Lithium critical
Battery Materials 290,000metric tons · Mine production 37,000,000 Australia 32% 50%
Lutetium critical
Rare Earth Elements not published — — — —
Industrial Minerals 21,000thousand metric tons · Mine production 7,800,000 — — 59%
Magnesium Metal critical
Steel & Alloy Metals 1,100thousand metric tons · Smelter production — China 86%† 75%
Manganese critical
Battery Materials 20,000thousand metric tons · Mine production 1,700,000 South Africa 37% 100%
Wood & Forest Products not published — — — —
Steel & Alloy Metals 210.0metric tons · Mine production — China 95%† —
Energy Raw Materials not published — — — —
Mica
Industrial Minerals not published — — — —
Steel & Alloy Metals 260,000metric tons · Mine production 17,000 China 37%† —
Energy Raw Materials not published — — — —
Neodymium critical
Rare Earth Elements not published — — — —
Neon
Semiconductor Materials 800.0million liters · Rare gases production, (million liters) — United States 14%† 52%
Nickel critical
Battery Materials 3,900,000metric tons · Mine production 140,000,000 Indonesia 67% 41%
Niobium critical
Aerospace & Defence Materials 112,000metric tons · Mine production 21,000,000 Brazil 93%† 100%
Agricultural Minerals 160,000thousand metric tons · Plant production — China 31%† —
Energy Raw Materials not published — — — —
Wood & Forest Products not published — — — —
Precious Metals not published — — — —
Palladium critical
Precious Metals 190,000kilograms · Mine production: Palladium, rounded — Russia 44% 57%
Peat
Energy Raw Materials 17,000thousand metric tons · Mine production 13,000,000 Finland 15%† 80%
Industrial Minerals 4,600thousand metric tons · Production — China 33%† 23%
Energy Raw Materials not published — — — —
Phosphate Rock critical
Agricultural Minerals 250,000thousand metric tons · Mine production 73,000,000 China 44% —
Platinum critical
Precious Metals 170,000kilograms · Mine production: Platinum, rounded — South Africa 71% 89%
Precious Metals not published 76,000,000 — — —
Wood & Forest Products not published — — — —
Potash critical
Agricultural Minerals 49,000thousand metric tons · Mine production 10,000,000 Canada 31% 92%
Praseodymium critical
Rare Earth Elements not published — — — —
Rare Earth Elements not published — — — —
Industrial Minerals 20,000thousand metric tons · Mine production — Turkey 48%† —
Wood & Forest Products not published — — — —
Rare Earths (all) critical
Rare Earth Elements 390,000metric tons · Mine production 85,000,000 China 69%† —
Wood & Forest Products not published — — — —
Wood & Forest Products not published — — — —
Rhenium critical
Aerospace & Defence Materials 81,000kilograms · Mine production — Chile 37% 75%
Rhodium critical
Precious Metals not published — — — —
Rubidium critical
Aerospace & Defence Materials not published — — — 100%
Ruthenium critical
Precious Metals not published — — — —
Salt
Industrial Minerals 270,000thousand metric tons · Mine production — China 21%† 31%
Samarium critical
Rare Earth Elements not published — — — —
Scandium critical
Rare Earth Elements 80.00metric tons · global production — China not published 100%
Steel & Alloy Metals 3,800metric tons · Refinery production — China 53%† 50%
Silicon critical
Semiconductor Materials 5,000thousand metric tons · Ferrosilicon — China 87% —
Industrial Minerals not published — — — —
Silver critical
Precious Metals 26,000metric tons · Mine production 610,000 Mexico 24% 77%
Industrial Minerals 19,000thousand metric tons · Mine production: natural, rounded 25,000,000 — — —
Wood & Forest Products not published — — — —
Wood & Forest Products not published — — — —
Wood & Forest Products not published — — — —
Wood & Forest Products not published — — — —
Industrial Minerals 450,000metric tons · Mine production — Iran 56%† 100%
Industrial Minerals 84,000thousand metric tons · Production, all forms — China 23%† —
Industrial Minerals 6,900thousand metric tons · Mine production — Korea, Republic of 4%† —
Tantalum critical
Aerospace & Defence Materials 2,500metric tons · Mine production — Congo (Kinshasa) 52% 100%
Teak
Wood & Forest Products not published — — — —
Tellurium critical
Semiconductor Materials 1,000metric tons · Refinery production — China 80% 25%
Terbium critical
Rare Earth Elements not published — — — —
Semiconductor Materials not published — — — —
Energy Raw Materials not published — — — —
Nuclear Materials not published — — — —
Thulium critical
Rare Earth Elements not published — — — —
Tin critical
Steel & Alloy Metals 290,000metric tons · Mine production 6,000,000 China 24% —
Titanium critical
Aerospace & Defence Materials 370,000metric tons · Titanium sponge metal production — China 70%† —
Aerospace & Defence Materials 9,400thousand metric tons · Mine production: ilmenite, rounded 490,000 — — 88%
Tungsten critical
Aerospace & Defence Materials 85,000metric tons · Mine production 4,700,000 China 79% 50%
Nuclear Materials not published — — — —
Vanadium critical
Steel & Alloy Metals 110,000metric tons · Mine production 21,000 China 75% 41%
Industrial Minerals 460.0thousand metric tons · Mine production — South Africa 35%† 25%
Wood & Forest Products not published — — — —
Wood & Forest Products not published — — — —
Industrial Minerals 860,000metric tons · Mine production — — — —
Wood & Forest Products not published — — — —
Wood & Forest Products not published — — — —
Wood & Forest Products not published — — — —
Wood & Forest Products not published — — — —
Semiconductor Materials 12.00million liters · Rare gases production, (million liters) — United States 1%† 98%
Wood & Forest Products not published — — — —
Ytterbium critical
Rare Earth Elements not published — — — —
Yttrium critical
Rare Earth Elements 12,500metric tons · mine production of Y2O3 equivalent contained in rare-earth mineral concentrates — China not published 100%
Industrial Minerals 1,300,000metric tons · Mine production — Slovakia 22%† —
Zinc critical
Steel & Alloy Metals 13,000thousand metric tons · Mine production 240,000 China 32% —
Zirconium critical
Nuclear Materials 1,200thousand metric tons · Zirconium mineral concentrates, mine production (thousand metric tons, gross weight) 70,000 Australia 33%† —

† Worked out from the USGS production table: the leading country’s output divided by the world total. Where the USGS publishes the share itself, that figure is shown instead.

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  1. Mineral display - Osaka Museum of Natural History - DSC07817.JPG · Daderot · CC0
  2. Pinjarra Alumina Refinery, September 2020 01.jpg · Calistemon · CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. Aluminum ingots at Norwegian Aluminium Company.jpg · Anders Beer Wilse · CC BY 4.0
  4. Stibnite, Antimony sulfide.jpg · Bobjgalindo · CC BY-SA 4.0
  5. US Navy 090715-N-5821P-002 Aviation Support Equipment Technician Airman… · U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialis… · Public domain
  6. Native arsenic2.jpg · Miguel Calvo · CC BY 4.0
  7. Chrysotile asbestos veins in serpentinized komatiite (Upper Komatiitic … · James St. John · CC BY 2.0
  8. Barite - Cerro Warihuyn, Miraflores, Huamalies, Huanuco, Peru.jpg · Ivar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0
  9. Pisolitic bauxite (Alcoa Bauxite Mine, Arkansas, USA) 5.jpg · James St. John · CC BY 2.0
  10. Crystal surface of colorless Beryl, multicolor filter, size 5,8 x 3,9 mm.jpg · Sepelinmurskaaja · CC BY-SA 4.0
  11. Bismuth crystal Créer le cristal n01.jpg · Marie-Lan Taÿ Pamart · CC BY 4.0
  12. Eastern Black Walnut (Juglans nigra) - Guelph, Ontario 2020-06-19.jpg · Ryan Hodnett · CC BY-SA 4.0
  13. Borax crystals.jpg · Aram Dulyan ( User:Aramgutang ) · Public domain
  14. Bromine-ampoule.jpg · Jurii · CC BY 3.0
  15. Cadmium (Element - 48) 3.jpg · James St. John · CC BY 2.0
  16. Pollucite Paprok MNHN Minéralogie.jpg · Marie-Lan Taÿ Pamart · CC BY 4.0
  17. Cement kiln in Gorazdze Cement plant.JPG · Jb957 · CC0
  18. Cerium (Element - 58) 2.jpg · James St. John · CC BY 2.0
  19. Metal poles (surface is chromium-plated) - HDR.jpg · Laitche · CC BY-SA 4.0
  20. Kaznějov kaolin quarry revitalisation.jpg · Jan Macura · CC BY-SA 4.0
  21. Cobaltite (GeoDIL number - 1151).jpg · Darla Sondrol · CC0
  22. Kongensbro gravel pit 2014-09-17.jpg · Slaunger · CC BY-SA 3.0
  23. Chalcopyrite botroïdale.jpg · Didier Descouens · CC BY-SA 3.0
  24. Pumpjacks.JPG · Arne Hückelheim · CC BY-SA 3.0
  25. Abandoned limestone quarry on Furilden Gotland 1.jpg · W.carter / Ann-Sophie Qvarnström · CC BY-SA 2.0
  26. Diamond blade very macro.jpg · Hustvedt · CC BY-SA 3.0
  27. Diatomite (diatomaceous earth) Monterey Formation at a diatomite quarry… · James St. John · CC BY 2.0
  28. Red marble quarry Cava Buscada - Erto e Casso, Pordenone, Friuli-Venezi… · Mænsard vokser · CC BY-SA 4.0
  29. Pseudotsuga menziesii cut trunk.jpg · Crusier · CC BY-SA 3.0
  30. Dysprosium (Element - 66) 2.jpg · James St. John · CC BY 2.0
  31. Erbium (Element - 68).jpg · James St. John · CC BY 2.0
  32. CSIRO ScienceImage 714 Eucalyptus Globulus Plantation Australia.jpg · T.Grove, CSIRO · CC BY 3.0
  33. Europium prvek.jpg · Milda 444 · CC BY-SA 4.0
  34. Feldspar Mineral Museum Display Exhibit.jpg · QueenCityCebu · CC BY-SA 4.0
  35. Fluorite crystals.jpg · Marek Novotňák · CC BY-SA 4.0
  36. Gadolinium 2.jpg · Milda 444 · CC BY-SA 4.0
  37. Plastic bottle containing gallium metal.JPG · Pixelmaniac pictures ( Leave a reply ) · CC0
  38. Garnet - Spessartine crystal detail.jpg · ButtShark · CC0
  39. Zultanite rough crystal and gemstones.jpg · Zultgems, LLC · CC0
  40. Miniman M 703 germanium crystal radio made in Japan late 1950s.jpg · R. Henrik Nilsson · CC BY 4.0
  41. AZ Gold Nugget Quartz.jpg · Bryan Barnes · CC BY-SA 4.0
  42. Minerals in the Indian Museum, Kolkata 05.jpg · Kritzolina · CC BY-SA 4.0
  43. Gypsum crystals 1802-0312a.jpg · Mozzihh · CC BY-SA 4.0
  44. Hafnium (Element - 72) 2.jpg · James St. John · CC BY 2.0
  45. Acer saccharum (sugar maple tree in fall colors) (Newark, Ohio, USA) (2… · James St. John · CC BY 2.0
  46. Kirschholzbrett -- 2021 -- 7662.jpg · Dietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0
  47. ISS Magnet.jpg · Ordan, Julien Marius · CC BY 4.0
  48. Old Growth Western Hemlock Forest.jpg · Treefender K · CC BY 4.0
  49. Geode-with-encrustation-of-quartz-crystals-on-a-base-of-limonite-01.jpg · CEphoto, Uwe Aranas · CC BY-SA 4.0
  50. Holmium shards.jpg · brainandforce · CC0
  51. Indium wetting glass.jpg · Schtone · Public domain
  52. LOGGING TRUCK LOADED WITH CEDAR IN A CLEARCUT AREA OF THE QUINAULT INDI… · Gene Daniels · Public domain
  53. Wrotham Quarry, Addinton 07.jpg · Simon Burchell · CC BY-SA 4.0
  54. Iodine crystals, 99.9% purity.jpg · Dnn87 · CC BY 3.0
  55. Iridium (Element - 77) 2.jpg · James St. John · CC BY 2.0
  56. Blast furnace at Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation mill in Etna, Penn… · Alfred T. Palmer · Public domain
  57. Scrap metal yard.jpg · Digitura · CC0
  58. Hematite (iron ore) (weathered zone in the Biwabik Iron-Formation, Whit… · James St. John · CC BY 2.0
  59. Fragment of red pigment Ochre - Museo Egizio, Turin S 9927 p02.jpg · CC0
  60. Spectre tubes à gaz.jpg · Alchemist-hp , derivative work by Poke2001 · CC BY-SA 2.0 de
  61. Kyanite 5.jpg · James St. John · CC BY 2.0
  62. Lanthanum (Element - 57) 3.jpg · James St. John · CC BY 2.0
  63. Galena - Huallanca, Bologesi, Ancash, Peru.jpg · Ivar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0
  64. LimestoneKilnsTalybont.jpg · Martinvl · CC BY-SA 4.0
  65. Spodumene Nuristan Créer le cristal.jpg · Marie-Lan Taÿ Pamart · CC BY 4.0
  66. PET-schema.png · Jens Maus ( https://jens-maus.de/ ) · Public domain
  67. MagnesiteSaxe.jpg · Didier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0
  68. Dowmetal Magnesium- The Metal of Motion - DPLA - 6cfddacda671bc92edb70f… · Dow Chemical Company · Public domain
  69. Pyrolusite Mineral with Dendrite Macro Digon3.jpg · “Jonathan Zander ( Digon3 )" · CC BY-SA 3.0
  70. Ascent Building Construction Photos (20210927-FS-ML-0102).jpg · Forest Service Photography · Public domain
  71. Mercury, cinnabar and calomel (GeoDIL number - 919).jpg · Darla Sondrol · CC0
  72. Coke ovens and coal tipple, Fayette County, Penn (68762).jpg · Pub. by Uniontown News Agency & Co., Uniontown,… · Public domain
  73. Muscovite mica 2.jpg · James St. John · CC BY 2.0
  74. Molybdenite quebec2.jpg · Didier Descouens · CC BY 3.0
  75. 2023-05-20 02 LNG tanker, GULF ENERGY - IMO 7390143.jpg · Gordon Leggett · CC BY-SA 4.0
  76. Neodymium oxide 170g.jpg · W. Oelen · CC BY-SA 3.0
  77. Neon tubes (32703).jpg · Rhododendrites · CC BY-SA 4.0
  78. Pyrrhotite with pentlandite (late Paleoproterozoic, 1.85 Ga; 800 Orebod… · James St. John · CC BY 2.0
  79. 2024 Artsy Niobium Cavity - Flickr - Jefferson Lab.jpg · Jefferson Lab from Newport News, USA · Public domain
  80. Eliminating a minor ammonia leak at the nitrogen fertilizer plant - pan… · Tseno Tanev (цено та… · CC BY-SA 3.0
  81. Syncrude oil sands mine works, Mildred Lake, Alberta.jpg · Dicklyon · CC BY-SA 4.0
  82. Oriented strand board at Courtabœuf 2011.jpg · Lionel Allorge · CC BY-SA 3.0
  83. Osmium star.jpg · Bilovitskiy · CC BY 4.0
  84. Palladium (Element - 46) 2.jpg · James St. John · CC BY 2.0
  85. Industrial peat harvesting in a section of the Bog of Allen in County O… · Sarah777 · Public domain
  86. Expanded & popped perlite (Hollinger Quarry, Wilson Creek Range, Nevada… · James St. John · CC BY 2.0
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  88. Apatite Sapo Mine Minéraux SU.jpg · Marie-Lan Taÿ Pamart · CC BY 4.0
  89. Wellgreen Platinum project in Yukon (22284209294).jpg · MINING.com · CC BY 2.0
  90. Elektrociepłownia PGE Toruń1.jpg · Mateuszgdynia · CC BY-SA 4.0
  91. Sandakan Sabah Plywood-Factory-35c.jpg · CEphoto, Uwe Aranas · CC BY-SA 3.0
  92. Sylvite-halite-carnallite-polyhalite (Salado Formation, Upper Permian; … · James St. John · CC BY 2.0
  93. Praseodymium (Element - 59) 2.jpg · James St. John · CC BY 2.0
  94. Promethium (Element - 61) 1.jpg · James St. John · CC BY 2.0
  95. Pumice stones.JPG · Mauro Cateb · CC BY-SA 3.0
  96. Radiata pine forest in Auckland.jpg · Max Tweddell · CC BY-SA 4.0
  97. Mountain Pass Rare Earth Mine, Mountain Pass, California (15470415247).jpg · Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0
  98. Tower of blue wooden pallets at Safeway 1.jpg · Ser Amantio di Nicolao · CC0
  99. Old, multiple-trunked northern red oak (Quercus rubra), Tiadaghton Stat… · Nicholas A. Tonelli from Northeast Pennsylvania, USA · CC BY 2.0
  100. Rhenium metal.jpg · Keresluna · CC BY-SA 4.0
  101. Rhodium powder pressed melted.jpg · Alchemist-hp ( talk ) www.pse-mendelejew.de der… · CC BY-SA 3.0 de
  102. Rb5.JPG · Dnn87 · CC BY 3.0
  103. Ru metal 1g.JPG · Leiem · CC BY-SA 4.0
  104. UFO-shaped constructions in the underground lake, Mina Terezia, Turda s… · DimiTalen · CC0
  105. Samarium shards.jpg · brainandforce · CC0
  106. Scandium (Element - 21).jpg · James St. John · CC BY 2.0
  107. Selenium (Element - 34).jpg · James St. John · CC BY 2.0
  108. Wafer 20110212.jpg · Sangitiana Fararano · CC BY-SA 2.0
  109. Craftsman hand-carving a traditional stone grinding wheel (chakki), Kha… · Suyash Dwivedi · CC BY-SA 4.0
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  111. Trona - USGS Mineral Specimens 1116.jpg · Andrew Silver · Public domain
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  113. Big Woods State Forest loblolly plantation.jpg · Antepenultimate · CC BY-SA 4.0
  114. Black spruce stand at Arctic Chalet, Inuvik, NT.jpg · Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0
  115. Stand re-initiation of shade-tolerant spruce and fir beneath a closed c… · NPS · Public domain
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  117. Union Sulphur Co Reserve Sulphur Storage in Louisiana.jpg · Underwood and Underwood · Public domain
  118. Talc-386099.jpg · John Krygier · Public domain
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  120. Nilambur Teak Plantation 0384.jpg · Vengolis · CC BY-SA 4.0
  121. Tellurium crystals.jpg · Hi-Res Images of Chemical Elements · CC BY 3.0
  122. Terbium prvek.jpg · Milda 444 · CC BY-SA 4.0
  123. Thallium prvek.jpg · Milda 444 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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  126. Thulium prvek.jpg · Milda 444 · CC BY-SA 4.0
  127. Cassiterite (GeoDIL number - 37).jpg · Shannon Heinle · CC0
  128. Titanium sponge cylinder, 120 grams.jpg · Hi-Res Images of Chemical Elements · CC BY 3.0
  129. Ilmenite sand.jpg · Mx. Granger · CC0
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  131. Uranium ore and "yellowcake" uranium concentrate at the Greifswald Nucl… · Siarhei Besarab · CC BY-SA 4.0
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  133. Vermiculite board fireproofing 001.png · Achim Hering · CC BY 3.0
  134. Culturally Scarred Western Red Cedar Tree (45621625422).jpg · GlacierNPS · Public domain
  135. 2016.Basking.Ridge.Oak.jpg · Ekem · CC BY-SA 4.0
  136. Wollastonite madagascar.jpg · Didier Descouens · CC BY-SA 3.0
  137. Firewood stacked up.jpg · Feci1024 · CC BY 3.0
  138. Holzpelletslager Schlieren der energie 360° AG (2021).jpg · JoachimKohler-HB · CC BY-SA 4.0
  139. Kehra pulp and paper mill in Estonia (November 2021).jpg · Sillerkiil · CC BY-SA 4.0
  140. Particle board manufacturing process.jpg · Seedlesslime · CC BY-SA 4.0
  141. Three xenon flashtubes and a krypton arc lamp.jpg · Zaereth ( talk ) · Public domain
  142. Liriodendron tulipifera double trunk NBG LR.jpg · PumpkinSky · CC BY-SA 4.0
  143. Ytterbium (Element - 70) 2.jpg · James St. John · CC BY 2.0
  144. Piece of Yttrium.jpg · Jan Anskeit · CC BY-SA 4.0
  145. Estonian Museum of Natural History Specimen No 203540 photo (g232 g232-… · Tõnis Saadre · CC BY-SA 4.0
  146. Sphalerite - Creede, Mineral County, Colorado, USA.jpg · Ivar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0
  147. Deformed crystal of zircon.jpg · Liza Kovaleva · CC BY-SA 4.0

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