Ytterby
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Ytterby is a village on the Swedish island of Resarö, in Vaxholm Municipality in the Stockholm archipelago. Today the residential area is dominated by suburban homes.
Ytterby quarry
Terbiumvägen (Terbium Road) and Gruvvägen (Mine Road) close to the Ytterby mine (59°25′35″N 18°21′13″E / 59.4265°N 18.3535°E / 59.4265; 18.3535 (Ytterby mine))
Plaque of the ASM International society at the entrance of Ytterby mine
Terbium
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Terbium is a chemical element; it has symbol Tb and atomic number 65. It is a silvery-white, rare earth metal that is malleable and ductile. The ninth member of the lanthanide series, terbium is a fai
Ytterby
…translates literally into "outer village". Ytterby is the single richest source of elemental discoveries in the world; the chemical elements yttrium (Y), terbium (Tb), erbium (Er), and ytterbium (Yb) are all named after Ytterby, and the elements holmium (Ho), scandium (Sc), thulium (Tm), tantalum (Ta), and…
Terbium 2
Terbium sulfate, Tb2(SO4)3 (top), fluoresces green under ultraviolet light (bottom)
Carl Gustaf Mosander, the scientist who discovered terbium, lanthanum and erbium
Xenotime, a mineral source of rare earth elements including terbium