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AL L. alumen, alum
AM the Americas
SB L. antimonium; stibium, mark
AR Gr. argos, inactive
AS L. arsenicum, Gr. arsenikon, yellow orpiment
AT Gr. astatos, unstable
BA Gr. barys, heavy
BK Berkeley, university in California
BE Gr. beryllos, beryl; a.k.a. Glucinium, Gr. glykys, sweet
BI Ger. Weisse Masse, white mass; Wismuth; Bisemutum
B Ar. Buraq; Pers. Burah
BR Gr. bromos, stench
CD L. cadmia; Gr. kadmeia, calamine (ZnCO3)
CF California
C L. carbo, charcoal
CE asteroid Ceres
CS L. caesius, sky blue
CL Gr. chloros, greenish yellow
CR Gr. chroma, color
CO Ger. Kobald, goblin; Gr. cobalos, mine
CU L. cuprum, island of Cyprus
CM Pierre and Marie Curie
DY Gr. dysprositos, hard to get at
ES Albert Einstein
ER Ytterby - town in Sweden
EU Europe
FM Enrico Fermi
F L. fluere, flow, flux
FR France
GA L. Gallia, France
GE L. Germania, Germany
AU L. aurum, shining dawn
HF L. Hafnia, Copenhagen
HE Gr. helios, the sun
HO L. Holmia, Stockholm
H Gr. hydro, water; genes, forming
IN Element has a characteristic indigo line in its spectrum.
I Gr. iodes, violet
FE L. ferrum
KR Gr. kryptos, hidden
LA Gr. lanthanein, to lie hidden
LR Ernest O. Lawrence
PB L. plumbum
LI Gr. lithos, stone
LU Lutetia, Paris
MG Magnesia, district in Thessaly
MN L. magnes, magnet; It. manganese, corrupt form of magnesia
MD Dmitri Mendeleev
HG Planet Mercury; hydrargyrum, liquid silver
MO Gr. molybdos, lead
ND Gr. neos, new; didymos, twin
NE Gr. neos, new
NP Planet Neptune
NI Ger. Nickel, Satan or "Old Nick"
N L. nitrum, Gr. nitron, native soda; genes, forming
NO Alfred Nobel
OS Gr. osme, smell
O Gr. oxys, sharp, acid; genes, forming
PD Gr. Pallas, goddes of wisdom
P Gr. phosphoros, light bearing
PT Sp. platina, silver
PU Planet Pluto
PO Poland
K Eng. potash, pot ashes; L. kalium; Arab. qali, alkali
PR Gr. prasios, green; didymos, twin
PM Prometheus, mythological figure
PA Gr. protos, first
RA L. radius, ray
RN from radium (originally, niton - L. nitens, shining)
RE L. Rhenus, Rhine
RH Gr. rhodon, rose
RB L. rubidius, deepest red
RU L. Ruthenia, Russia
SM Samarskite (a mineral named in honor of Col. Samarski)
SC L. Scandia, Scandinavia
SE Gr. Selene, moon
SI L. silex, silicis, flint
AG L. argentum
NA Eng. soda; L. sodanum, headache remedy; L. natrium
SR Strontian, town in Scotland
S sulvere, sanskirt; L. sulphurium
TA Gr. Tanalos, father of Niobe (mythology)
TC Gr. technetos, artificial
TE L. tellus, earth
TB Ytterby, village in Sweden
TL Gr. thallos, a green shoot or twig
TH Thor, Scandinavian god of war
TM Thule, the earliest name for Scandinavia
SN L. stannum
TI L. Titans - mythological sons of the Earth
W Sw. tung sten, heavy stone (a.k.a. Wolfram)
U Planet Uranus
XE Gr. xenon, stranger
V Scandinavian goddess, Vanadis
YB Ytterby, village in Sweden
Y Ytterby, village in Sweden
Zn Ger. Zink
Zr Arab. zargun, gold color