Yup. Lead is less common in Earth's crust than: - lithium - cobalt - neodymium - lanthanum - ytrium - scandium - cerium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ab

Yup. Lead is less common in Earth's crust than: - lithium - cobalt - neodymium - lanthanum - ytrium - scandium - cerium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abundance_of_elements_in_Earth%27s_crust https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abundance_of_elements_in_Earth... We simply had far more uses for lead till very recently.