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Samarit — Samarium

Monster name: Samarit

Samarium

Atomic number
62
Symbol
Sm
Series
lanthanides
Group
La
Period
6
State of matter
solid
  • rare earth elements

The element samarium was named after the mineral samarskit, which in return was named after the russian mining engineer Vassili Samarsky-Bykhovets, whom almost nobody remembers nowadays.

Samarium
Samarium — Image source: Wikimedia Commons