Rockhounding Rare Earths

Rockhounding Rare Earths

Join the Hip Hop M.D. Maynard Okereke for a conversation with Elley Ringo of @ElleyKnowsRocks as part of the NGSS lesson Economic Geology: Managing Critical Resources in a Changing World. Elley Ringo is an economic geologist who searches the Earth to find the minerals and resources that power our technology and infrastructure.

Topics

  • economic geology
  • rare earth elements
  • critical minerals
  • mineral extraction
  • XRF analysis
  • mineral assemblages
  • resource exploration
  • mining
  • geochemistry
  • Earth materials
  • sustainability