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Greek hydro and genes, meaning water-forming
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Greek helios, meaning the Sun |
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Greek lithos, meaning stone |
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| Greek beryllo, meaning beryl; originally glaucinium, Greek glykos meaning sweet |
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| Arabic buraq, meaning borax; a combination of borax and carbon |
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| Latin carbo, meaning charcoal |
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| Greek nitron and genes, meaning nitre-forming |
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| Latin fluere, meaning to flow |
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| English word soda; Na, Latin natrium, meaning soda |
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| Named for Magnesia, a district of Greece |
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Latin alumen, meaning bitter salt
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| Latin silex or silicia, meaning flint |
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| Greek phosphoros, meaning bringer of light |
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| Sanskrit sulvere, or Latin sulfurium, both names for sulfur |
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| Greek chloros, meaning greenish-yellow |
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Greek argos, meaning idle
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| From English potash; K from kalium Medieval Latin for potash |
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| Latin Scandia, the name for Scandanavia |
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| Named for the Titans of Greek mythology |
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| Named for Vanadis, the Scandanavian goddess of beauty |
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| Greek chroma, meaning colour |
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| Latin magnes, meaning magnet |
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| Anglo-Saxon iren; Fe, Latin ferrum, word for iron |
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| German kobald, meaning goblin |
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| German kupfernickel, meaning devil's copper or St. Nicholas' copper |
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| Old English coper, from Latin Cypreum aes |
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| Latin Gallia, the name for France |
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| Latin Germania, the name for Germany |
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| Greek arsenikon, meaning yellow orpiment, a mineral |
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| Greek Selene, the name for the Moon |
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| Greek bromos, meaning stench |
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| Greek kryptos, meaning hidden |
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| Latin rubidius, meaning deepest red |
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| Named for the town of Strontian, Scotland |
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| Named for Ytterby, Sweden |
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| Arabian zargun, meaning gold-coloured |
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| For Niobe in Greek mythology |
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| Greek molybdos, meaning lead |
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| Greek tekhnetos, meaning artificial |
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| Derived from Latin name for Russia |
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| Greek rhodon, meaning rose-coloured |
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| For the asteroid Pallas; for the Greek goddess of wisdom |
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| Anglo-Saxon siolfur, the word for silver; Ag, Latin argentum, the word for silver |
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| Latin cadmia, meaning mineral calamine |
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| Latin indicum, meaning violet or indigo |
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| Anglo-Saxon tin; Sn, Latin stannum, meaning hard |
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| Greek anti - monos, meaning not - alone; Latin stibium, the name of antimony sulfide in ancient times |
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| Latin tellus, meaning Earth |
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| Greek iodes, meaning violet |
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| Greek zenos, meaning stranger |
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