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Scandium is a chemical element with symbol Sc and atomic number 21. A silvery-white metallic d-block element, it has historically been sometimes classified as a rare earth element, together with yttrium and the lanthanides. It was discovered in 1879 by spectral analysis of the minerals euxenite and gadolinite from Scandinavia.
1 It is sometimes regarded as one of the rare earth elements. 2  It can be found in rare minerals like wolframite. 3  It is 50th in order of abundance of the elements in the earth's crust.  Scandium compounds should be regarded as toxic and carcinogenic.