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Lead

Unlike coal, which was laid down in layers during a geological period when conditions here were similar to today's dense tropical rainforests, lead is a mineral.

Minerals are formed by hot solutions working their way up from deep below the earth's rocky crust, and crystallising as they cool near the surface.

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