Topics of General Interest
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Minerals in Sports
Brief discussion of the evolution of various sports equipment and the minerals and materials used to make them.
- 2006 Winter Olympics -- Minerals at Torino (PDF)
- Baseball Bat Innovations (PDF)
- Bicycle Frames... What's the Difference? (PDF)
- Clay Sport Surfaces (PDF)
- Free Weights (PDF)
- Golf -- From the Earth to the Moon (PDF)
- Lacrosse -- Not All Sticks Come From Trees (PDF)
- Recycled Cell Phones—A Treasure Trove of Valuable Metals
- The Pogo Stick (PDF)
- Tennis (PDF)
Contact: Joseph Gambogi (jgambogi@usgs.gov)