didymium

didymium
/duy dim"ee euhm, di-/, n. Chem.
a mixture of neodymium and praseodymium, formerly thought to be an element. Symbol: Di
[ < NL < Gk dídym(os) twin (see DIDYMOUS) + -IUM; so named by Swedish chemist Carl Mosander (1797-1858), who discovered it in 1843, from its close association with lanthanum]

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