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- Rubidium metal is 16th most common element found in the earth crust.
- Rubidium metal also found in minerals as well as seawater.
Obtained from Lithium Production.
Robert Bunsen and Gustav Kirchhoff
- Hafnium metal is highly reactive, hence not found free in nature.
- Hafnium metal as predicated after Mendeleev finished his periodic table.
By-product Zirconium Refining
Dirk Coster and George de Hevesy