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 tile below to get the full entry for that element, or click on the sample picture to go directly to the description of that sample.

Text and images Copyright (c) 2010 by Theodore W. Gray.
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Plutonium
Plutonium
Americium
Americium
Curium
Curium
Berkelium
Berkelium
Californium
Californium
Einsteinium
Einsteinium
Fermium
Fermium
Mendelevium
Mendelevium
Nobelium
Nobelium
Lawrencium
Lawrencium
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