A soft grey metallic element belonging to the lanthanoids; a.n. 69; r.a.m. 168.934; r.d. 9.321 (20°C); m.p. 1545°C; b.p. 1947°C. It occurs in apatite and xenotime. There is one natural isotope, thulium‐169, and seventeen artificial isotopes have been produced. There are no uses for the element, which was discovered by Per Cleve (1840–1905) in 1879.

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