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The rare earth elements are 17 proper elements, consisting of scandium, yttrium and the fifteen lanthanoids.
All of the elements in the lanthanide and actinide series are considered "rare earth" elements

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What are Elements in the first row of the rare earth elements of the periodic table!?

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