Lanthanide · element 67
Holmium
The most magnetic element there is. Named after Stockholm.
Only 0.3% of people are Holmium. (estimated)
If you're Holmium
You have the strongest pull on the table and you use it sparingly. Intense at close range, easy to underestimate from a distance.
Holmium has the highest magnetic strength of any element and focuses the beams in surgical lasers.
How to get along with Holmium
Do
- Stand close; that's where the pull is.
- Give them one thing to focus on.
- Respect the strength you can't see.
Don't
- Don't scatter their attention.
- Don't underestimate them from a distance.
When it goes wrong: The strongest field on the table, aimed at one point. Don't be on the wrong side of it.
Atomic profile
Every element is placed on six personality dimensions derived from its chemistry. Your answers are placed on the same six, and the closest element wins. How the scoring works
- Reactivity
- 6
- Sociability
- 5
- Stability
- 9
- Energy
- 3
- Rarity
- 6
- Warmth
- 5
Holmium in literature
- Edgar Linton — Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë (1847)
- Lily Bart — The House of Mirth, Edith Wharton (1905)
- Arjuna — Mahabharata, Vyasa (400 BCE)
Characters from public-domain works, chosen for the same traits. Company, not a verdict.
Closest personalities
The elements whose profiles sit nearest to Holmium's. If you got Holmium, one of these was probably your runner-up.
Other lanthanides
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