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.
It was fun while it lasted. Boaz was once home to as many as 130 factory outlet stores in the late 80s, making it the state's largest tourist attraction. Boaz - shopping mecca of Alabama. A typical day of shopping at the old West Point Pepperell Mill Store in Boaz's outlet center.