Atomic number, symbol and the properties that make the element useful.
Rare Earth Matrix
All 17 elements—with the four magnet rare earths first.
Start with Nd, Pr, Dy and Tb, or use the full matrix to connect each element’s properties with common technologies.
Industry uses are educational · Magnes has not defined a productRead the historical update in contextAll 17 elements
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Minas Americas disclosures use defined TREO and MREO analytical terms. Analytical presence, mobilisation in a test, metallurgical recovery, separation and a saleable product are different stages. The Matrix does not imply that every element will be recovered, separated or sold.
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The magnetic, optical, catalytic or electronic role a material can perform.
Representative systems in which that function may be used.
How the element appears in historical assay-table context, subject to confirmation of the controlling TREO suite.
Sources
Where the element and application information comes from.
Applications are representative rather than exhaustive. They describe industry uses of rare-earth materials, compounds or produced isotopes; they do not describe a product currently made by Magnes or establish that an element will be commercially recovered from Minas Americas.
- U.S. Geological Survey · Selected applications by element
- USGS · 2026 Rare Earths Mineral Commodity Summary
- USGS · 2026 Heavy Rare Earths summary · Scandium · Yttrium
- U.S. Department of Energy · Critical materials and applications
- International Energy Agency · Magnet rare earths and energy technologies
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory · Promethium context
- U.S. FDA · MRI and regulated contrast context · Lutetium-177 therapy context
- Magnes · Technical disclosure and claims boundary