Comment on Anon uses rare rocks to get R34
earlgrey0@sh.itjust.works 2 months agoNot in the purity needed to make semiconductors.
Comment on Anon uses rare rocks to get R34
earlgrey0@sh.itjust.works 2 months agoNot in the purity needed to make semiconductors.
ch00f@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It’s refined. It isn’t found like that.
topherclay@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Silicon is not a rock so saying that silica is not rare is irrelevant to the “rare rock” line.
Silica is indeed refined but the rock that they refine to get the pure silica are indeed rare rocks.
No one is refining their silica from potassium feldspar.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Jesus Christ, Marie, they’re minerals!
ch00f@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Thank you for the information. This meme always bothered me, so glad to have the info.