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Mining Makes Good Entertainment
Television probably wouldn't turn you on without the 35 minerals and metals required to make it work. Without barite, there would be no tube. Lead is required to manufacture the glass for the screen while rare earths give the colours their richness. Mining strikes a vital note in the music industry as well. Vibrating magnets lend quality to the sound produced by your speakers. Aluminum is found in compact discs while brass, a copper-zinc alloy, is used in a wide variety of instruments such as trumpets and trombones.
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