{
  "id": 6405923,
  "title": "Quartz deposit purity in central China ‘highly similar’ to US Spruce Pine standard: study",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/quartz-deposit-purity-in-central-china-highly-similar-to-us-spruce-6405923",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-09T09:12:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
    "slug": "reuters-business-via-scmp",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3366916/quartz-deposit-purity-central-china-highly-similar-us-spruce-pine-standard-study"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Geologists say they have identified a new deposit in central China that can produce high-purity quartz comparable to the quality produced at a critical world-leading mine in the United States. The high-purity quartz from the Chinese deposit is described as having “highly similar” properties to the resources produced at North Carolina’s Spruce Pine, which is crucial to the global production of…",
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      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Quartz deposit purity in central China ‘highly similar’ to US Spruce Pine standard: study",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/quartz-deposit-purity-in-central-china-highly-similar-to-us-spruce",
        "published": "2026-09-09T09:12:19.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}