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alone."],"requiresHuman":["Valuing a specimen or gem for sale."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Phosphate mining feeds the world's crops but damages land and communities near mines.","Gem buyers are defrauded by misdescribed stones."],"affectedParties":["Buyers of gems and specimens","Communities near phosphate mines","Collectors"]},"owners":{"steward":"Nobody owns the mineral class; mineral rights holders own deposits, and the international mineralogical body approves species.","roles":[],"masterSystems":["International list of approved mineral species"]},"relations":[{"target":"Q5128405","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Q7946","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"mineral","type":"related","note":"category"},{"target":"apatite","type":"related","note":"example"},{"target":"phosphate rock and fertiliser","type":"related","note":"use"},{"target":"Strunz class 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