Rare earth
Topics referred to by the same term
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rare earth may refer to:
Science and technology
Astrobiology
- Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe, a book by Peter Ward and Donald E. Brownlee
- Rare Earth hypothesis, the hypothesis that complex life in the universe is exceptionally rare, spawned by the book
Chemistry and geology
- Rare-earth elements, a group of elements on the periodic table
- Rare-earth mineral, a mineral that contains one or more rare-earth elements as major metal constituents
- Rare-earth magnet, a type of magnet that employs rare earth elements to increase effectiveness
Music
- Rare Earth (band), an American musical group
- Rare Earth Records, a subsidiary of Motown Records which produced rock music