Polymetallic nodules are manganese-rich formations scattered on the ocean floor, containing valuable metals like nickel and cobalt. In the Central Indian Ocean Basin, they grow at an agonizingly slow pace, taking millions of years to form just a few millimeters. My metallurgy textbooks call them a future resource, but the timeline feels abstract next to the immediate pressures of placement season and my mother's medical bills. The sheer geological patience required for their formation contrasts sharply with the urgent clock ticking over my own life.
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