Elements of Webb: Beryllium Part 2 Ep04
- Visualizations by:
- Walt Feimer
- Written by:
- Sophia Roberts
- Edited by:
- Sophia Roberts
- Produced by:
- Sophia Roberts
- Technical support:
- Aaron E. Lepsch
- View full credits
So Utah is home to many valuable materials – copper, magnesium, uranium, gold and silver. But most of the world’s beryllium is mined here. And engineers chose beryllium for Webb’s mirrors because it is lightweight, it is strong and it is dimensionally stable.
We are actually standing on the beryllium ore seam. Beryllium is in the volcanic ash dust. It was hydrothermally deposited millions of years ago and then coved by volcanic rock. We have to remove the volcanic rock on top of the ore seam and then use a scraper and a bulldozer to extract the ore that we’re standing on top of. 90% of the beryllium that was mined in the world came from this deposit.
We are actually standing on the beryllium ore seam. Beryllium is in the volcanic ash dust. It was hydrothermally deposited millions of years ago and then coved by volcanic rock. We have to remove the volcanic rock on top of the ore seam and then use a scraper and a bulldozer to extract the ore that we’re standing on top of. 90% of the beryllium that was mined in the world came from this deposit.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Animators
- Walt Feimer (KBRwyle) [Lead]
- Adriana Manrique Gutierrez (KBRwyle)
- Bailee DesRocher (USRA)
- Jacquelyn DeMink (USRA)
- Jonathan North (KBRwyle)
- Krystofer Kim (KBRwyle)
Writer
- Sophia Roberts (AIMM) [Lead]
Editors
- Sophia Roberts (AIMM) [Lead]
- Michael McClare (KBRwyle)
Producer
- Sophia Roberts (AIMM) [Lead]
Drone operator
- Scott Rogers (None) [Lead]
Videographers
- Michael McClare (KBRwyle)
- Michael P. Menzel (AIMM)
- Sophia Roberts (AIMM)
Production assistant
- Michael P. Menzel (AIMM)
Technical support
- Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET) [Lead]
Subject expert
- Greg Gregory (None)
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