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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