From the Greek word "anti" plus "monos" - a metal not found alone

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From the Latin word "tellus", earth

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From the Greek word "iodes", violet

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From the Greek word "xenon", stranger

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From the Latin word "caesius", sky blue

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From the Greek word "barys", heavy

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From the Greek word "lanthanein", to lie hidden

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Cerium was named for the asteroid Ceres

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From the Greek word "prasios", green, and "didymos", twin

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From the Greek word "neos" meaning new, and "didymos", twin

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Named after the Greek "Prometheus", who, according to mythology, stole fire from heaven

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From "samarskite", a mineral named after Russian mine official, Col. Samarski

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Europium was named after Europe

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From "gadolinite", a mineral named for Gadolin, a Finnish chemist

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Terbium was named after Ytterby, a town in Sweden

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From the Greek word "dysprositos", meaning hard to get at

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From the Latin word "Holmia" meaning Stockholm

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Erbium was named after Ytterby, a town in Sweden

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Named after "Thule", the earliest name for Scandinavia

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Ytterbium was named after Ytterby, a town in Sweden

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Lutetia is the ancient name for Paris

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From "Hafinia", the Latin name for Copenhagen

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Named after "Tantalos", a Greek mythological character, father of Niobe

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From Swedish, "tung sten" meaning heavy stone

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From the Latin word "Rhenus" meaning Rhine

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From the Greek word "osme", meaning smell

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From the Latin word "iris" meaning rainbow

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From the Spanish word "platina", meaning silver

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From the Latin word "aurum" meaning gold

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From the Latin word "hydrargyrum" meaning liquid silver

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From Greek "thallos", meanin a green shoot or twig

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From the Latin word "plumbum"

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From the German "Weisse Masse", meaning white mass

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Named after Poland, native country of Madam Curie

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From the Greek "astatos" meaning unstable

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The name was derived from "radium"; called niton at first, from the Latin word "nitens" meaning shining

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Francium was named after France

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From the Latin word "radius" meaning ray

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From the Greek "aktis, aktinos", meaning beam or ray

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Named after "Thor", Scandinavian god of war

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From the Greek "protos" meaning first

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Named after the planet Uranus

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Named after the planet Neptune

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Named after the planet Pluto

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Named after America

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Curium is named after Madame Curie and her husband Pierre Curie

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Named after Berkeley, California, the city of its discovery

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Named after California and the University of California

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Named after Albert Einstein

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Named after Nobel laureate Enrico Fermi, one of the pioneers of nuclear physics

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