Some minerals are important for human health.

Some minerals are important for human health.

These are less general, and apply to specific minerals.

Some precious stones are very similar to gold.

In general, natural resources like oil, gas, diamonds, and other precious minerals breed corruption, because governments can live off of their export earnings without having to compromise with their own societies.

There could be weapons and valuable minerals inside of the train.

Rocks and minerals are useful for us in many ways.

Second, precious metals do not resolve the problem of inflation.

The stars twinkling in the night sky looked like jewels.

Solve puzzles and action challenges in order to get all the gems in the room.

Apparently in this library are precious books that money can't buy.

Rare gems include aquamarine, amethyst, emerald, quartz and ruby.

I'm spending precious years of my life on you, and you don't appreciate it!

Collect valuable minerals, while avoiding being hit by a falling boulder or a bomb

Example I've heard that red wine is great for my health antioxidants and minerals heart healthy.

Most extraterrestrial helium is found in a plasma state, with properties quite different from those of atomic helium.

Growing demand for energy, metals, and minerals particularly in China has driven unprecedented levels of foreign investment.

Well, what are you waiting for? Construct additional pylons! There is not enough minerals. Then we've got to find the minerals.

Chemistry Iodine adopts a variety of oxidation states, commonly ranging from (formally) I(VII) to I( I), and including the intermediate states of I(V), I(III) and I(I).

To preserve its precious foreign currency reserves, Egypt needs the US and its allies to provide foodstuffs.

Some would manage e waste at one of the handful of sophisticated smelters that can recover precious metals from discarded electronic devices.

Its emperors used silver from Persia, glass from Europe, precious stones from Central Asia, and gold implements from India.

CAMBRIDGE The prices of hydrocarbons, minerals, and agricultural commodities have been on a veritable roller coaster.

As China grows, its increasing size, wealth, and urbanization will continue to stoke demand for energy, grains, minerals, and other resources.

While Sudan s people may be among the poorest in the world, their country is rich in natural wealth, including oil and precious metals.

But high prices are also encouraging many more people to extract precious metals from existing products at great danger to themselves and others.

Traditions are jealously guarded, like precious heirlooms, to be passed on as long as those dreams persist.

Other precious metals that are teased from the Earth, including indium, gallium, palladium, and ruthenium, are being discarded in much the same way as other electronic waste (e waste).

So is the proliferation of thieves who, with little affection or food, coax dogs from their homes in Santa Elena in order to sell them on for precious reales.

In Beslan, camouflaged men representing four ministries fussed uselessly, with no clear leader or goals, losing precious minutes when the violence erupted.

Another difficulty with using undifferentiated precious metals for exchange was that some trust or expertise was required to assure people that the metal was pure. The same problem occurred with other commodities that people tried to use for exchange, such as gems or shells their value was too uncertain.

The same problem occurred with other commodities that people tried to use for exchange, such as gems or shells their value was too uncertain.

From employing its strong trade position to exploiting its near monopoly on the global production of vital resources like rare earth minerals, China has staked out a more domineering role in Asia. In fact, the more openly China has embraced market capitalism, the more nationalist it has become, encouraged by its leaders need for an alternative to Marxist dogma as a source of political legitimacy.

It's got these jewel like light organs on its belly that it uses for a type of camouflage that obliterates its shadow, so when it's swimming around and there's a predator looking up from below, it makes itself disappear.

We had slash and burn agriculture people cannot afford the fertilizer, so they burn the trees and have the minerals available there the fires become more frequent, and after a while you're stuck with an area of land where there is no fertility left.

In the course of a few dozen years, as much as 200 Russian settlers would be living on the Moon, RosKosmos claims, fully providing for the settlement and extracting lunar resources for the Earth, such as minerals from the soil and helium from the atmosphere.

Sreebitha also references the Kallumala samaram (stone necklace revolt) that took place in Kanjaveli, near Kollam in Kerala, where women of the lower (Pulaya caste) had to fight against the upper caste to wear gold and stones.