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minus-squareBigFig@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 years agoCanada, Finland, Russia and the United States for Germanium. And both are usually byproducts from zinc refining
minus-squareChapolinColoradoNZ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·2 years agodumb ass me: “so germanium doesn’t come from Germany?!”
minus-squareBigFig@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoWell it WAS first studied and named in Germany by a German Chemist
Canada, Finland, Russia and the United States for Germanium.
And both are usually byproducts from zinc refining
dumb ass me: “so germanium doesn’t come from Germany?!”
Well it WAS first studied and named in Germany by a German Chemist