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NaMgAlSiPSClAr
KCaScTiVCrMnFeCoNiCuZnGaGeAsSeBrKr
RbSrYZrNbMoTcRuRhPdAgCdInSnSbTeIXe
CsBaLaCePrNdPmSmEuGdTbDyHoErTmYbLuHfTaWReOsIrPtAuHgTlPbBiPoAtRn
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Rare Earth Metals (30)

The Rare Earth Metals are hardly rare at all. In fact, many of them are dirt common, but they were discovered late and people had trouble separating them. The name became established before people realized they weren't rare, and its a nice-sounding name so it stuck.

Click any element below to see all the samples of that element.

Text and images Copyright (c) 2010 by Theodore W. Gray.

Lanthanum Cerium Praseodymium
Neodymium Promethium Samarium
Europium Gadolinium Terbium
Dysprosium Holmium Erbium
Thulium Ytterbium Lutetium
Actinium Thorium Protactinium
Uranium Neptunium Plutonium
Americium Curium Berkelium
Californium Einsteinium Fermium
Mendelevium Nobelium Lawrencium
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