A rare earth element (REE) or rare earth metal (REM), as defined by IUPAC, is one of a set of seventeen chemical elements in the periodic table, specifically the fifteen lanthanides, as well as scandium and yttrium.are earth elements became known to the world with the discovery of the black mineral Ytterbite (renamed to Gadolinite in 1800) by Lieutenant Carl Axel Arrhenius in 1787, at a quarry in the village of Ytterby, Sweden.
Boaz is a city in Etowah and Marshall Counties in the State of Alabama. It is part of the ' Gadsden, Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area '. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city is 9,551.
Selma, Alabama is the county seat of Dallas County and was established in 1865 when the the county seat was moved from Cahaba, Alabama which also served as the state capital for a brief period. Dallas County is bordered by Autauga, Chilton, Lowndes, and Perry counties. The current population of Dallas County is just under 50,000 and spans 980 square miles. We are proud of our heritage and look forward to a bright future as a key city in the heart of the Alabama Blackbelt area.