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I really thought they were making up the name 'erbium'. I've been away from a periodic table too long..

Ytterbium, Yttrium, Terbium, and Erbium were all named after a village in Sweden that had a mine: Ytterby

We are happy that Rbium didn't become the next name of choice.

The mine closed down long ago. Today, it's a relatively expensive location for villas.

You should make a separate HN post about this :-)

Grew up there! Always feelt so strange that those were named after where I grew up.