Element Samarium (Sm), Group 19, Atomic Number 62, f-block, Mass 150.36. Sources, facts, uses, scarcity (SRI), podcasts, alchemical symbols, videos and images. read more
Samarium is a rare earth element that - indirectly - has the distinction of being the first naturally occurring chemical element to be named after a living person. Samarium was isolated from the mineral Samarskite which was discovered near the small town of Miass in the southern Ural mountains in 1847. read more