The Rising Influence of Rising Affluence

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Sort of. Mother Earth does the separating and concentration of lead commonly forming lead (and zinc) sulfide deposits and those minerals are easily separable from gangue. Not the case for cobalt. Co is almost always combined with other metals and is generally a very minor constituent in those metal ores. Mother Earth also tends to do a better job of separating lithium than it does for cobalt.