{"id":156441,"date":"2026-08-23T14:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T14:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=156441"},"modified":"2026-08-23T14:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T14:00:10","slug":"your-backyard-could-hold-a-rare-earth-fortune-and-this-orange-lichen-is-the-clue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=156441","title":{"rendered":"Your backyard could hold a rare earth fortune \u2013 and this orange lichen is the clue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostNext time you spot a vivid orange-yellow crust spreading across a rock in your garden, on a country wall or along a hiking trail, take a closer look \u2013 you might be standing on a fortune.<br \/>\nA Chinese research team has found that a humble lichen could serve as a visible field indicator of unknown rare earth deposits around the world.<br \/>\nThe researchers said the lichen\u2019s distinctive colour made it easy to spot on exposed rock, and the discovery could be combined with unmanned aerial vehicles and&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3364796\/your-backyard-could-hold-rare-earth-fortune-and-orange-lichen-clue?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostNext time you spot a vivid orange-yellow crust spreading across a rock in your garden, on a country wall or along a hiking trail,&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156441"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=156441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156441\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=156441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=156441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=156441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}