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.

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Text and images Copyright (c) 2003 by Theodore W.Gray.

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057 Lanthanum
057 Lanthanum
058 Cerium
058 Cerium
059 Praseodymium
059 Praseodymium
060 Neodymium
060 Neodymium
061 Promethium
061 Promethium
062 Samarium
062 Samarium
063 Europium
063 Europium
064 Gadolinium
064 Gadolinium
065 Terbium
065 Terbium
066 Dysprosium
066 Dysprosium
067 Holmium
067 Holmium
068 Erbium
068 Erbium
069 Thulium
069 Thulium
070 Ytterbium
070 Ytterbium
071 Lutetium
071 Lutetium
089 Actinium
089 Actinium
090 Thorium
090 Thorium
091 Protactinium
091 Protactinium
092 Uranium
092 Uranium
093 Neptunium
093 Neptunium
094 Plutonium
094 Plutonium
095 Americium
095 Americium
096 Curium
096 Curium
097 Berkelium
097 Berkelium
098 Californium
098 Californium
099 Einsteinium
099 Einsteinium
100 Fermium
100 Fermium
101 Mendelevium
101 Mendelevium
102 Nobelium
102 Nobelium
103 Lawrencium
103 Lawrencium