S S RARE - HAPPY FAMILIES H   P 3 - 6 players SoS RARE, a project supported by the Natural Environmental Shu le and deal all the cards ace down between the Research Council UK (NERC) SoS MinErals program, is a players. Play starts with the person to the left of the dealer, large interdisciplinary team carrying out research to better who may ask any other player of their choice whether they understand Rare Earth Element (REE) deposit types, and have cards from a speci ed family - but they may only ask ensure REE are responsibly sourced. Research includes for a card from a family if they already have a card from that developing more e icient and environmentally-friendly same family in their hand. ways to process REE deposits, and working on metrics to compare deposit characteristics. Example: player 1 has ‘Eu’ which belongs to the ‘Elements for lighting’ family, so they can ask ‘‘player 2, do you have More information about SoS RARE can be found on the any Elements for Lighting?’’ project website - sosrare.org and social media - @SosRare If the player being asked has a card in the speci ed family, Each of the cards in this Happy Families set represents they must hand it to the player asking. If they have multiple an element of interest for given technology applications cards in the family, they are only required to hand over one. or metals class, including topical “critical”, “strategic”, and The player who asked for and received the card, then gets “green energy” metals. These have been allocated ‘family’ another go. groups based on uses and characteristics. Family groups Example: player 2 has W & Y, both of which are Elements for are colour coded, but the name for each group is also Lighting, so they hand player 1 W. Player 1 gets another go. given down the left hand side of the cards in order to avoid confusion. If the player being asked does not have any of the family speci ed, play passes on to the next player. , atomic number, electron arrangement and Example: player 1 also has ‘Pt’ (Jewellery), so they ask atomic number are provided for each element, along with ‘‘player 3, do you have any Elements for Jewellery?’’. Player information about its discovery, important uses, and the 3 does not, so play passes on to player 2. minerals in which it is most commonly found. H   P E [cont ...] Once a player collects all 4 cards in the same family, they CHEMICAL ATOMIC place the family down on the table. SYMBOL NUMBER The game can either be played to a time limit, to when the  rst player is out of cards, or to the ‘last man standing’ when all of the families have been collected. The aim of the game is to collect the most family sets, or scoring levels for the di erent families can be agreed in advance - for example the ‘Elements for Smartphones’ FORMULA family might be allocated a greater number of points. OF EXAMPLE ATOMIC MINERAL WEIGHT Summary of rules: - You must have at least one card in the family that you are D  : asking another player for G  - If you have a card in a family, you must hand it over when D  : asked (if you have multiple, you only need to hand over one) - If a request is unsuccessful, play passes to the next player H  M: example mineral, other hosts - The winner is the player with the most family groups (or U: points if families have been allocated di erent scores) RHENIUM BERYLLIUM Re 75 Be 4

PtAs 186.21 Be Si O (OH) 9.01

D  : Walter Noddack, Ida Tacke, D  : Friedrich Wöhler and Otto Berg (Germany) (Germany) and Antoine Bussy (France)

D  : 1925 D  : 1828 H  M: sperrylite H  M: bertrandite U: alloys, catalysts, cancer treatments, U: used in super-light alloys for aerospace radioactive research, jet engine components

E S   E S   applications

SCANDIUM NIOBIUM Sc 21 Nb 41

(Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti) O 44.96 (Na,Ca) Nb O (OH,F) 92.91

D  : Fredrik Nilson (Sweden) D  : Charles Hatchett (UK)

D  : 1879 D  : 1801 H  M: euxenite H  M: pyrochlore U: aluminum-scandium alloys for aerospace industry, sports equipment(bicycle U: superalloys for jet engines and heat frames,  shing rods, baseball bats) resistant equipment, pipeline construction E S   E S  

SILVER GOLD Ag 47 Au 79

Ag S 107.87 Au 196.97

D  : prehistoric humans D  : prehistoric humans

D  : evidence of silver being D  : Bronze Age separated from lead ~ 4th millennium BC H  M: native gold H  M: argentite, galena U: currency, jewellery, silverware, U: jewellery, currency, electronics, medicine, electronics, chemical equipment, medicine, food and drink E J  catalysis, photography, nanoparticles E J 

DIAMOND PLATINUM C 6 Pt 78

C 12.01 PtAs 195.08

D  : Antoine Lavoisier (France) D  : Julius Caesar Scaliger (Italian) D  : 1789 D  : 1557 H  M: diamond H  M: sperrylite, native platinum U: jewellery, drill bits, cutting and U: currency, jewellery, electronics, lab polishing, heat sink (electronics) equipment, catalysis E J  E J 

ZINC FLUORINE Zn 30 F 9

(Zn,Fe)S 65.38 CaF 18.99

D  : Andreas Sigismund D  : Henri Moissan (France) Marggraf (German) D  : 1886 (isolated) D  : 1746 H  M:  uorite H  M: sphalerite, smithsonite U:  ux in steel making, sodium  uoride is used in toothpaste and in drinking water to U: anti corrosion, batteries, alloys, health prevent dental cavities supplement, tooth paste, anti dandru E M   E M  

LEAD IRON Pb 82 Fe 26

PbS 207.20 Fe O 55.85

D  : unknown D  : unknown

D  : in use since ~7000 BC D  : in use since ~3500 BC H  M: galena, cerussite H  M: hematite, magnetite U: bullets, batteries, sheathing material, roo ng material, cladding,  ashing, gutters U: welding, purifying ores, steel, health and gutter joints, roof parapets supplement E M   E M  

COPPER TANTALUM Cu 29 Ta 73

CuFeS 63.55 (Fe,Mn)Ta O 180.95

D  : unknown D  : Anders Ekeberg (Sweden) D  : in use since ~9000BC D  : 1802 H  M: chalcopyrite, malachite, H  M: tantalite native copper U: electronics, wiring, decorative plates, U: electronic equipment, as a substitute for paint pigments, coinage, bacteriostatic agents, platinum fungicides, wood preservatives E S   E S  

TIN INDIUM Sn 50 In 49

SnO 118.71 (Zn,Fe)S 114.82

D  : unknown D  : Ferdinand Reich and Hieronymous  eodor Richter (Germany) D  : Bronze Age D  : 1863 H  M: cassiterite H  M: sphalerite U: Lead-free solder, electronics, tin plating U: touch screen technology in mobile (prevents corrosion), glass making, Li-ion phones, semiconductors, high vacuum seals, batteries batteries, as a stabliser E S   E S  

LITHIUM CARBON Li 3 C 6

LiAl(SiO) 6.94 C 12.01

D  : Johan August Arfwedson D  : Carl Wilhelm Scheele (Sweden) (Sweden)

D  : 1817 D  : 1779 H  M: graphite H  M: spodumene, petalite, brines U: (graphite) electrode in Li batteries, U: batteries, ceramics and glass, electronics, pencils, charcoal, cloth, steel, carbon  bre, E B  lubricating grease, various medical uses E B  printing ink

COBALT NICKEL Co 27 Ni 28

CoO(OH) 58.93 (Fe,Ni)S 58.69

D  : Georg Brandt (Sweden) D  : Baron Axel Fredrik Cronstedt (Sweden) D  : 1735 D  : 1751 H  M: heterogenite, cobaltite H  M: pentlandite, garnierite

U: electrode in Li batteries, alloys, catalysts, U: NiMH (Nickel Metal Hydride) batteries, pigments and colouring, radioisotopes magnets, electric guitar strings, microphone

E B  E B  capsules, plating on plumbing  xtures

SILICON SELENIUM Si 14 Se 34

SiO 28.09 CuFeS 78.97

D  : Jöns Jakob Berzelius D  : Jöns Jacob Berzelius (Sweden) (Sweden) D  : 1823 D  : 1917 H  M: quartz H  M: sulphide ores (chalcopyrite) - replacing sulphur U: solar power, abrasives and components of high-strength ceramics, cement, computers, U: glass making, pigments, semiconductors, mobile phones, synthetic polymers (silicones) photocells, DC power surge protectors E S   P  E S   P 

TELLURIUM GALLIUM Te 52 Ga 31

PbTe 127.60 (Zn,Fe)S 69.72

D  : Franz-Joseph Müller von D  : Paul Emile Lecoq de Reichenstei / Pál Kitaibel (Austria) Boisbaudran (France) D  : 1782 / 1789 D  : 1875 H  M: telluride minerals (altaite) H  M: sphalerite U: alloys, solar panels, phase-change U: electronics, microwave circuits, high- memory chips, media layer of rewritable speed switching circuits, infrared circuits, optical discs(CD-RW, DVD-RW, Blu-ray) alloys, LEDS, jewellery E S   P  E S   P 

YTTRIUM EUROPIUM Y 39 Eu 63

YPO 88.91 Ce(CO)F 151.96

D  : Friedrich Wöhler (Sweden) D  : Paul Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran (Europe) D  : 1828 D  : 1890 H  M: xenotime, eudialyte, clays H  M: monazite, bastnäsite, xenotime U: LEDs, compact  uorescent lightbulbs, U: red phosphor in mobile phones, TVs production of electrodes, electrolytes, electronic and computer monitors, banknote security, E L   lters, lasers, superconductors, various medical E L   uorescent lamps, quantum memory chips applications, phosphors

TUNGSTEN NEON W 74 Ne 10

FeWO 183.84 20.17

D  : José and Fausto Elhuyar D  : Sir William Ramsay, (Spain) Morris W. Travers (UK) D  : 1783 D  : 1898 H  M: ferberite, scheelite H  M: air (fraction of) U: drill-bits, light bulb  laments, X-ray tubes, electrodes in TIG welding, superalloys, U: signs (bright reddish-orange light),

E L  radiation shielding, projectiles, catalysts E L  vacuum tubes, high-voltage indicators, wave meter tubes, television tubes, lasers

CERIUM RHODIUME Ce 58 RhBr 5545

2, 8, 18, Ce(CO)F 140.12 32,PtAs 17, 1 123.45102.91

D  : Carl Gustaf Mosander D  :: JenniferWilliam Brooke Hyde Wollaston

(Sweden) G  (UK) D  : 1988 D  : 1839 D  : 1803 U: examples of uses of the element in H  M: bastnäsite, monazite questionH  M: ... for example sperrylite in light bulbs or something like that (preview text) U: glass polishing, catalytic converters U: catalytic converters, electrical contacts, rhodium plating in components for optical E  C C  E C  E  C C  E C  instruments

LANTHANUM PALLADIUM La 57 Pd 46

Ce(PO ) 138.91 PtAs 106.42

D  : Carl Gustaf Mosander D  : William Hyde Wollaston (Sweden) (UK) D  : 1923 D  : 1803 H  M: monazite, bastnäsite H  M: sperrylite U: batteries, hydrogen storage alloys U: catalytic converters, electronics, catalytic converters, studio lights/projectors, technology, hydrogen storage, dentistry, ignition elements, arc welding electrodes jewellery, photography E  C C  E C  C  E C 

PRASEODYMIUM NEODYMIUM Pr 59 Nd 60

Ce(CO)F 140.91 Ce(PO ) 144.24

D  : D  : Carl Auer von Welsbach (Sweden) (Austria) D  : 1885 D  : 1886 H  M: bastnäsite, monazite H  M: monazite, bastnäsite U: magnets, colouring glass (green/yellow), U: magnets in hybrid/electric car motors, yellow light  lter wind turbines, glass dyes, lasers R E  M  R E M  R E

SAMARIUM DYSPROSIUM Sm 62 Dy 66

Ce(CO)F 150.36 YPO 162.50

D  : Paul Émile Lecoq de D  : Paul Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran (French) Boisbaudran (France) D  : 1879 D  : 1878 H  M: monazite, bastnäsite H  M: xenotime, clays U: motorsport hybrid motors, magnets in U: wind turbines, electric and hybrid commercial aircra wing controllers, cancer car motors, control rods in nuclear reactors,  ghting drugs, control rods of nuclear reactors, data storage applications (high magnetic R E  M  R E X-ray lasers M  R E susceptibility), component of Terfenol-D