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  <dc:creator>David E. Guberman</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2010</dc:date>
  <dc:description>The article discusses the properties and uses lead as a mineral resource. According to the author, lead is a corrosion-resistant, dense, ductile, and malleable blue-gray metal that has been used by humans for 5,000 years. Lead was first used in decorative, fixtures, roofs, pipes, and windows. The author says that lead is the fifth-most consumed metal based on tonnage after iron, aluminum, copper and zinc.</dc:description>
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  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>AGI</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Mineral resource of the month: lead</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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