The answer is Dysprosium. There is so much cool stuff about Dysprosium that I would keep reading if I were you.
Alright now to the facts!
Dysprosium Overview
Atomic Mass
Description
Soft, lustrous, silvery metal.
Atomic Symbol
Dy (Dysprosium)
Discovery
Discovered By: Paul Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran
Year: 1886
Location: France
Discovered By: Paul Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran
Year: 1886
Location: France
State at 20 °C
Solid
Sources
Usually found with erbium, holmium and other rare earths in some minerals such as monazite sand, which is often 50% rare earth by weight.
Usually found with erbium, holmium and other rare earths in some minerals such as monazite sand, which is often 50% rare earth by weight.
Name Origin
Greek: dysprositos (hard to get at).
Greek: dysprositos (hard to get at).
Uses
Its uses are limited to the experimental and esoteric.
Its uses are limited to the experimental and esoteric.
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