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| TABLE 3 | ||||||
| RARE-EARTH OXIDE PRICES IN 2006 | ||||||
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| Standard package | Price | |||||
| Purity | quantity | (dollars per | ||||
| Product (oxide) | (percentage) | (kilograms) | kilogram) | |||
| Cerium | 96.00 | 20 | 40.00 | |||
| Do. | 99.50 | 20 | 45.00 | |||
| Dysprosium | 99.00 | 20 | 150.00 | |||
| Erbium | 96.00 | 20 | 160.00 | |||
| Europium | 99.99 | 20 | 1,000.00 | |||
| Gadolinium | 99.99 | 20 | 140.00 | |||
| Holmium | 99.90 | 10 | 650.00 | |||
| Lanthanum | 99.99 | 20 | 30.00 | |||
| Lutetium | 99.99 | 1 or 10 | 3,500.00 | |||
| Neodymium | 95.00 | 20 | 45.00 | |||
| Praseodymium | 96.00 | 20 | 50.00 | |||
| Samarium | 99.90 | 20 | 250.00 | |||
| Do. | 99.99 | 20 | 400.00 | |||
| Scandium | 99.99 | NA | NA | |||
| Terbium | 99.99 | 20 | 800.00 | |||
| Thulium | 99.90 | 5 | 2,500.00 | |||
| Ytterbium | 99.00 | 10 | 400.00 | |||
| Yttrium | 99.99 | 20 | 50.00 | |||
| �NA Not available. | ||||||
| Source: Rhodia Electronics & Catalysis, Inc. | ||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program