NEODYMIUM

(Lat.), n. n. Ne(ne2)-o(os)-diam(dum)'i2-u'm- (u4m). From ve'os, new, and ivpoc, twin. One of the elementary substances into which, according to C. A. Welsbach, didymium may be decomposed. It forms salts of a rose-red or amethyst-red color. [" Chem. Ztg.." in " Nature," June 10, 1885 (.B).] [s. 77]