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Eagle-Picher Industries Inc. / Savage Resources Ltd. / Cabot Corp. / Aerospace Electronics / Savage Zinc Inc. / Atomergic Chemetals Corp. / TRW / /
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North America / /
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Taiwan / Germany / Romania / Netherlands / Estonia / Latvia / Belgium / France / Japan / Russia / United States / Soviet Union / Canada / Australia / Korea / United Kingdom / China / Israel / Ukraine / Finland / Spain / /
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Lawrence Livermore National laboratory / Elmwood-Gordonsville Mine / Zaporozhye titanium/magnesium plant / /
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highvolume applications / visible light optical systems / nonmilitary systems / telecommunications industry / control software / weapon-sighting applications / zinc mining operations / manufacturing process / zone-refined metal ingots / metal / satellite systems / germanium metal / electrical/solar applications / fiberoptic interconnect hardware / infrared optical systems / polycrystalline germanium metal / photonic devices / /
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Defense Logistics Agency / Bureau of the Census / U.S. Department of Defense / ElectroOptic Materials Department / Congress / National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Union Minière’s Germanium Business Unit in Belgium / U.S. Bureau of Mines Bulletin / /
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producer / /
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Alaska / New York / Tennessee / Pennsylvania / Oklahoma / /
GERMANIUM By Robert D. Brown, Jr. Germanium is a grayish-white, metallic element with electrical characteristics between those of a metal and an insulator, making it a semiconductor. It is commercially available as a tet