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	Ytterby
		Ytterby is a village near Vaxholm in Sweden, after which the following chemical elements have been named:
		Sweden, and more specifically the village of Ytterby in Stockholm's archipelago[?], has played an important role in the history of rare earth elements since many of them were first discovered there, e.g.
		gadolinium (named after Professor Johan Gadolin[?]), holmium (from the Latin name for Stockholm), thulium (Thule is an old word for the Nordic countries) and, of course, ytterbium, erbium, terbium and yttrium, all of which were named after Ytterby itself.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/yt/Ytterby.html (88 words)

	Michael Swanwick's Periodic Table of Science Fiction
		Ytterby is a small town on an island ten miles northeast of Stockholm, and has the pleasant distinction of having four elements—erbium, terbium, yttrium, and ytterbium—named after it.
		Around and through the narrow streets of Ytterby the parades circle in upon each other, finally clashing at the center of town, where the fool chemists mock-joust with long spatulas.
		The four runners-up serve as her court of honor, one of each of the local elements.
	www.scifi.com /scifiction/elements/ytterbium.html (327 words)

	C&EN: IT'S ELEMENTAL: THE PERIODIC TABLE - BERKELIUM
		As prophesied by Danish chemist Niels Bohr, element 97 behaved similarly to its upstairs neighbor on the periodic chart, terbium.
		The village of Ytterby's claim to chemical fame is a nearby feldspar quarry.
		Ytterby's mineral riches eventually earned it the rare distinction of being immortalized in the names of four elements: yttrium (element 39), terbium (element 65), erbium (element 68), and ytterbium (element 70).
	pubs.acs.org /cen/80th/print/berkeliumprint.html (839 words)

	Y - Yttrium
		(Ytterby, a village in Sweden near Vauxholm) Yttria, which is an earth containingyttrium, was discovered by Gadolin in 1794.
		Ytterby is the site of a quarry which yieldedmany unusual minerals containing rare earths and other elements.
		The metal is now produced commerciallyby reduction of the fluoride with calcium metal.
	www.physlink.com /Reference/ChemicalElements/yttrium.cfm (154 words)

	Ytterby - Definition, explanation
		Ytterby is a village near Vaxholm in Sweden.
		There is a quarry in Ytterby where unusual minerals were discovered and these minerals gave rise to the following chemical elements:
		Die FerienhÃ¤user befinden sich in Ã—land, Ytterby, 8 km von KÃ¶pingsvik entfernt.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/y/yt/ytterby.php (239 words)

	Periodic Table : Scholar edition: yttrium : History
		Named after the village of "Ytterby" near Vaxholm in Sweden
		), was discovered by Johann Gadolin in 1794 in a mineral called gadolinite from Ytterby.
		Ytterby is the site of a quarry in Sweden which contains many unusual minerals containing erbium, terbium, and ytterbium as well as yttrium.
	www.webelements.com /webelements/scholar/elements/yttrium/history.html (110 words)

	Ytterby Sports Travel - Reviews, Tips, Photos - VirtualTourist.com
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		Tips on Ytterby sports and recreation, posted by real travelers and Ytterby locals.
		Aside from his World Junior experience, Andersson has represented his homeland on numerous occasions including the 1991 Canada Cup, the 1996, 1997, 2002 and 2004 World Championships as well as the 1996 World Cup.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Sweden/Vaestra_Goetalands_laen/Ytterby-166737/Sports_Travel-Ytterby-BR-1.html (673 words)

	Ytterby, Resarö, Vaxholm, Stockholm, Sweden
		Most of the rare earth elements were discovered in gadolinite from Ytterby.
		Has given name to Ytterbium, Yttrium, Terbium, Erbium.
		- Mason, B. "Ytterby, Sweden: a classic mineral locality." Mineralogical Record, 2(3),pp:136-138.
	www.mindat.org /loc-3191.html (151 words)

	Ytterby at Glitch Punk Isn’t Dead, It’s Just Sleeping (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ytterby at Glitch Punk Isn’t Dead, It’s Just Sleeping
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	Ytterby Sports Travel Tips by SURFIN7TH - VirtualTourist.com
		Ytterby Sports Travel Tips by SURFIN7TH - VirtualTourist.com
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