[at-l] Titanium Pots

[Patrick.Elliott@allina.com (Elliott, Patrick S)]

I am sorry.  <HHIS> I guess I need to check my facts before I go
spouting my keyboard off.  The next logical questions then are, "If this
stuff is so common, then why does it cost so damn much?"  and "Why do we
have to rape federal lands to get it?"

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> 
> > OK, I'll bite.  How 'rare' is rare.  It seems to be an 
> ethical question for 
> > you.  Where do you get your data?  Is there a shortage of 
> titanium?  Where 
> > is the line drawn?  HYOH.  marty
> > 
> 
> Not rare at all.
> 
> Wildbill
> Titanium is abundant in the earth's crust and is extracted 
> commercially from 
> the ore minerals rutile (titanium dioxide) and ilmenite 
> (iron-titanium 
> oxide). The commercial extraction process involves treatment 
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