Discovered by Paul-Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran at Paris,
France.
Remarks
Reactive, hard, silvery metal of the rare earth group.
Oxidized by oxygen, reacts rapidly with water, dissolves in acids. Used in
alloys for making magnets.
Diagnostic tests:
There are no simple diagnostic tests to identify dysprosium.
X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy is commonly employed to identify and
analyze members of the Rare-Earth group elements.
References
Emsley, J., 1991; THE ELEMENTS : Sec. Ed.,
Clarendon Press, Oxford, 251 p.
(* - Mineral Name Is Not IMA Approved)
(! - New Dana classification added or changed from Danas New Mineralogy)
(? - IMA Discredited Mineral Species Name)
There are 55 minerals with Dy in the Mineralogy Database.