<div dir="ltr"><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b>The U.S. is the source of natural high-purity quartz for chipmaking<span class="gmail_default" style=""> for the entire world</span>, specifically one particular mine in North Carolina<span class="gmail_default" style="">;</span> <span class="gmail_default" style="">it's </span>rarer than rare earth materials<span class="gmail_default" style="">. China is trying to change that. </span></b></font><div><b><font size="4"><br></font></b></div><div><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/the-world-is-overly-reliant-on-one-us-located-mine-for-critical-chipmaking-material-but-china-is-working-to-break-the-stranglehold-china-investing-over-usd14-million-in-synthetic-quartz-manufacturing-to-diversify-away-from-us-dependency?utm_term=B0E130A3-FB83-4898-8071-86AA305566E4&lrh=01da63cc3d9f5f0f930e10d41b9099b85b7a15540b7052a555e92e95d694d51a&utm_campaign=2F4928DB-7559-479A-B06E-4801050D48B1&utm_medium=email&utm_content=E9AD235C-5832-4CDD-8FE0-A72DF1474278&utm_source=SmartBrief"><b><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">R</span>arer than rare earth materials</b></a></font></div><div><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><div><font size="4" style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight:700">John K Clark    See what's on my new list at  </font><font size="6" style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight:700"><a href="https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Extropolis</a></font><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="1" color="#ffffff">n77</font></div><br></div></div>