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Synthetic yttrium aluminum garnets (YAGs) are favored by jewelers and their public because the high refractive index of the gem approaches that of diamond, at a fraction of the cost.
In 1843 the Swedish chemist Mosander analysed this earth into yttrium proper, erbium , and terbium , all named for Ytterby.
The new one got called Ytterbium (Yb) and Mosander's original find got the name Yttrium (Y).
Or you could arrange to have an element named after your hometown or your country: Scandium, Polonium, Europium, Francium, Americium, Germanium, Berkelium, Californium, Yttrium , and Ytterbium , the last two being elements named after the Swedish town where they were discovered.