Ytterbium. Vial containing samples of the rare earth metal ytterbium (Yb). The rare earth metals, or rare earth elements, are a set of seventeen chemi

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Ytterbium. Vial containing samples of the rare earth metal ytterbium (Yb). The rare earth metals, or rare earth elements, are a set of seventeen chemical elements in the periodic table, specifically the fifteen lanthanides plus scandium and yttrium. Ytterbium is a soft silvery metallic element and is found in the minerals gadolinite, monazite, and xenotime.

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