Name       : Holmium
Symbol     : Ho
Atomic #   : 67
Atom weight: 164.930
Melting P. : 1474
Boiling P. : 2700
Oxidation  : +3
Pronounced : HOLE-mi-em
From       : Holmia, the Latinized version of the name of the Swedish city,
             Stockholm
Identified : Per Theodor Cleve in 1879
Appearance : Fairly soft, malleable, lustrous, silvery metal
Note       : This element has very few practical applications now
             
[Properties]

  Holmium has a bright, silvery luster. It is fairly soft - much like lead -
and it can be pounded or rolled into very thin sheets. It is fairly stable 
in normal room environments, but it ends to corrode with a dull, yellowish
oxide filem when subjected to conditions of high temperature and humidity.
  Holmium is a lanthanide as well as a rare earth.