Lanthanide · element 69
Thulium
The rarest of the rare earths. Fits in your pocket.
Only 0.5% of people are Thulium. (estimated)
If you're Thulium
You are the rarest of your family and the most portable. Small, precise, and useful in ways that only specialists appreciate.
Thulium is the least abundant natural rare earth and powers portable X-ray machines small enough to carry.
How to get along with Thulium
Do
- Value the rarity; they're the rarest of the family.
- Keep the jobs specialist and portable.
- Let them work in small doses.
Don't
- Don't expect them everywhere.
- Don't mistake small for minor.
When it goes wrong: They fit in a pocket and still take an X-ray. Small and serious.
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
- 7
- Warmth
- 5
Thulium in literature
- Miss Matty Jenkyns — Cranford, Elizabeth Gaskell (1853)
- Mr. Dick — David Copperfield, Charles Dickens (1850)
- Hedvig — The Wild Duck, Henrik Ibsen (1884)
Characters from public-domain works, chosen for the same traits. Company, not a verdict.
Closest personalities
The elements whose profiles sit nearest to Thulium's. If you got Thulium, one of these was probably your runner-up.
Other lanthanides
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