Facts About Lead and Gadolinium
Interesting Facts
- Galena mineral contains almost 87% of Lead metal in it, Galena is sulfide mineral.
- The best available source of Lead metal today is by recycling automobile batteries.
- Gadolinium is not found free in nature, hence it is not a native metal.
- Gadolinium metal found in minerals like Monazite and Bastnaesite.
Sources
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of metals, Ores of Minerals
Found in Minerals, Mining
Who Discovered
Unknown
Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac
Discovery
In Middle Easterns (7000 BCE)
In 1880
Abundance In Earth's Crust
Abundance In Humans
Not Available