Theodore Gray's Elements Vault
Treasures of the Periodic Table With 20 Removable Archival Documents, a Model Pop-up Atom, a Poster, Plus 10 Real Elements Including Pure Gold!
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Discover the fascinating world of the periodic table through artifacts, a 3-D model atom, and collectible samples of real elements. Divided into the nine major groups of the periodic table, including the alkali metals, the alkali earth metals, the transition metals, the nonmetals, the metalloids, the halogens, the noble gases, the actinides, and the lanthanides.
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