A soft silvery metallic element belonging to the lanthanoids; a.n. 67; r.a.m. 164.93; r.d. 8.795 (20°C); m.p. 1474°C; b.p. 2695°C. It occurs in apatite, xenotime, and some other rare-earth minerals. There is one natural isotope, holmium–165; eighteen artificial isotopes have been produced. There are no uses for the element, which was discovered by Per Cleve (1840–1905) and Jacques-Louis Soret in 1878.

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