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Beautiful ~100 gram dendritic (hair like) chunk of brassy Ytterbium. Small chunks in the last photo.
Small chunk of |yb|
Four chemical elements were named after the town of Ytterby, Sweden, where many rare-earth elements were discovered from the ores mined there. In this photo is |y| (large chunk), |yb| (in ampoule), |tb| (brassy pieces), |er| (silvery pieces). Also included are small pieces of dull, slightly oxidized |ho|, which takes the name of Stockholm, Sweden.
One chunk and four smaller chunks of shiny Ytterbium metal. The smaller chunks appear dendritic (hair-like).
Ytterbium metal chunk in an ampoule. The slightly gold hue characteristic of Ytterbium is clearly visible.
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