(thing) by yerricde Sat Sep 09 2000 at 22:13:03

Group IIA of the periodic table, the alkaline earth metals, comprises beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, and radium. Not found free in nature, these chemical elements are highly reactive but less so than alkali metals of Group IA.

Information from chemicalelements.com

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