Savvy Cafe Answers » minerals http://answers.savvy-cafe.com Savvy Cafe Answers Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:37:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Where is zinc found? http://answers.savvy-cafe.com/where-is-zinc-found-2008-03-14/ http://answers.savvy-cafe.com/where-is-zinc-found-2008-03-14/#comments Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:48:19 +0000 Cindy http://answers.savvy-cafe.com/where-is-zinc-found-2008-03-14/ Zinc can be found in many places including the air, soil, water and in the food we eat.  It is found most abundantly in the crust of the earth.  Zinc is important as we need zinc in our diets.  The shiny, blue/white metal also has many commercial and industrial uses such as being mixed with other [...] Related posts:
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Zinc can be found in many places including the air, soil, water and in the food we eat.  It is found most abundantly in the crust of the earth.  Zinc is important as we need zinc in our diets.  The shiny, blue/white metal also has many commercial and industrial uses such as being mixed with other metals to create bronze and brass, for use in the creation of certain types of batteries and for use as a rust preventive coating on fences and other metals. 

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Uranium was first discovered in silver mines in what is now the Czech Republic by a German chemist named Martin Klaproth.   Uranium, a dense silver-white metal, is found abundantly in the crust of the earth.  It’s also found in soil, rivers, the ocean, in the food we eat and even – in trace amounts - in human tissue.   The largest uranium deposits are found in Australia, Kazakhstan and Canada.  Only Canadian deposits contain high-grade uranium. 

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