Mobile phones do

have a mineral A+ Geo

composition
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DISPLAY Circuitry Battery Speakers

(SCREEN, (cathodes and
lighting, and Chalcopyrite,
& anodes)
Tetrahedrite, vibration
touch ) quartz,
Spodumene, Bastanesite
Quartz (silica), Arsenopyrite,
Graphite
Potassium, tantalite,
cassiterite, Indium Wolframite
 DISPLAY (SCREEN, lighting, and
touch )
01
SiO2
Ga31
Quartz &
Gallium
Potassium Provides LED (light emitting
diode) backlighting. Its main
Silicates (SiOn) are used in the
source is bauxite (Al2O3.
making the glass of the screen
2H2O) ores

SnO2 ZnS
Cassiterite Sphalerite
The primary source of Tin The main source of:
(Sn50), which is used with Indium (In49) (used with tin
indium in touchscreen for touchscreens)
Germanium (Ge32) (used in
displays and LEDs)
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Quartz Cassiterite Bauxite

(Ore of aluminum
and gallium)

Gallium31
(also an element)

Sphalerite
Tin50 Germanium32
Indium49 (element) (element)
(element)
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02
01 Quartz
(silicon of
CuFeS2 FeAsS
Chalcopyrit it) Arsenopyrite
e A source of
The main source of electricity
Arsenic (As33), used in
and heat conductor, Copper
radio frequency and power
amplifiers
[(Cu,Fe,Zn,Ag)12Sb4S13] [(Fe, Mn)Ta2O6]
Tetrahedrite tantalite
Source of Silver. Silver- The source of Tantalum
based inks create electrical (Ta73), which is added to
pathways through a device capacitors to regulate voltage and
audio quality

(Fe,Mn)WO 4
Wolframite
Source of Tungsten (W74) which acts
as a heat sink and provides
the mass for mobile phone vibration.
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Tetrahedrite
Chalcopyrite
Tungsten74
(element)

Arsenic33
(also element)
Arsenopyrite tantalite

Tantalum73
Wolframite (also element)
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03
LiAl(SiO3)2 C
Spodumene Graphite
With subsurface brines, are the
Used for the anodes of a
sources of lithium used in
lithium-ion battery for its
cathodes of a lithium-ion conductivity
battery
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Spodumene

Graphite
 Speakers and vibration
01
04
03
(Ce, La)CO3F

Bastnaesite
is a source of rare-earth
elements used to produce magnets in
speakers, microphones, and vibration
motors.
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Bastnaesite