Scientists want to produce cosmic mineral to replace REEs in industrial magnets

Engineers at Northeastern University have patented a process to accelerate the production of a mineral known as tetrataenite, whose magnetic properties make it a leading candidate to replace magnets made of rare earths. Tetrataenite is not found in nature—at least, not on earth....

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