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| 89 | Ac | Actinium | The mineral/ore pitchblende |
| 13 | Al | Aluminum | The mineral/ore bauxite |
| 95 | Am | Americium | Not found in nature, man-made, synthetic |
| 51 | Sb | Antimony | The mineral/ore stibnite |
| 18 | Ar | Argon | Isolated from the liquifaction of air |
| 33 | As | Arsenic | The mineral/ore arsenopyrite |
| 85 | At | Astatine | Isolated from the decay of radioactive elements |
| 56 | Ba | Barium | The mineral/ore barite |
| 97 | Bk | Berkelium | Not found in nature, man-made, synthetic |
| 4 | Be | Beryllium | The mineral/ore bertrandite |
| 83 | Bi | Bismuth | Isolated as a byproduct of lead processing, Also Found in bismuthinite |
| 107 | Bh | Bohrium | Not found in nature, man-made, synthetic |
| 5 | B | Boron | The mineral/ore borax, colemanite, kernite, ulexite |
| 35 | Br | Bromine | Isolated from the brines from wells and Dead Sea |
| 48 | Cd | Cadmium | Isolated as a byproduct of zinc (sphalerite) mining |
| 20 | Ca | Calcium | The mineral/ore calcite, dolomite, gypsum, plagioclases, amphiboles, pyroxenes and garnets |
| 98 | Cf | Californium | Not found in nature, man-made, synthetic |
| 6 | C | Carbon | The mineral/ore graphite |
| 58 | Ce | Cerium | The mineral/ore bastnasite, monazite, loparite |
| 55 | Cs | Cesium | The mineral/ore pollucite |
| 17 | Cl | Chlorine | The mineral/ore halite (rock salt) |
| 24 | Cr | Chromium | The mineral/ore chromite |
| 27 | Co | Cobalt | The mineral/ore cobaltite |
| 112 | Cn | Copernicium | Not found in nature, man-made, synthetic |
| 29 | Cu | Copper | The mineral/ore chalcocite, bornite, djurleite, malachite, azurite, chyrsocolla, cuprite, tenorite |
| 96 | Cm | Curium | Not found in nature, man-made, synthetic |
| 110 | Ds | Darmstadtium | Not found in nature, man-made, synthetic |
| 105 | Db | Dubnium | Not found in nature, man-made, synthetic |
| 66 | Dy | Dysprosium | Isolated from the erbium ores |
| 99 | Es | Einsteintium | Not found in nature, man-made, synthetic |
| 68 | Er | Erbium | The mineral/ore gadolinite |
| 63 | Eu | Europium | The mineral/ore bastnasite, monazite, loparite |
| 100 | Fm | Fermium | Not found in nature, man-made, synthetic |
| 114 | Fl | Flerovium | Not found in nature, man-made, synthetic |
| 9 | F | Fluorine | Isolated by the electrolysis of a potassium fluoride/hydrogen fluoride mixture |
| 87 | Fr | Francium | The mineral/ore uranium and thorium minerals |
| 64 | Gd | Gadolinium | The mineral/ore bastnasite, monazite, loparite |
| 31 | Ga | Gallium | Isolated as a byproduct of zinc and alumina processing |
| 32 | Ge | Germanium | Isolated as a byproduct of zinc ore processing |
| 79 | Au | Gold | Found as the native metal and electrum (a gold-silver alloy) |
| 72 | Hf | Hafnium | The mineral/ore zircon |
| 108 | Hs | Hassium | Not found in nature, man-made, synthetic |
| 2 | He | Helium | Isolated from the fractional distillation of natural gas |
| 67 | Ho | Holmium | The mineral/ore bastnasite, monazite, loparite |
| 1 | H | Hydrogen | Isolated from the liquifaction of air |
| 49 | In | Indium | Isolated as a byproduct of zinc processing |
| 53 | I | Iodine | Isolated from seaweed |
| 77 | Ir | Iridium | Found as the uncombined element or in natural alloys |
| 26 | Fe | Iron | The mineral/ore hematite and magnetite |
| 36 | Kr | Krypton | Isolated from the liquifaction of air |
| 57 | La | Lanthanum | The mineral/ore bastnasite, monazite, loparite |
| 103 | Lr | Lawrencium | Not found in nature, man-made, synthetic |
| 82 | Pb | Lead | The mineral/ore galena |
| 3 | Li | Lithium | The mineral/ore spodumene, lepidolite, and petalite, amblygonite |
| 116 | Lv | Livermorium | Not found in nature, man-made, synthetic |
| 71 | Lu | Lutertium | The mineral/ore bastnasite, monazite, loparite |
| 12 | Mg | Magnesium | The mineral/ore dolomite, magnesite, brucite, carnallite, and olivine Also seawater |
| 25 | Mn | Manganese | The mineral/ore hausmannite, pyrolusite, braunite, manganite, rhodochrosite, deep sea Mn nodules |
| 109 | Mt | Meitnerium | Not found in nature, man-made, synthetic |
| 101 | Md | Mendelevium | Not found in nature, man-made, synthetic |
| 80 | Hg | Mercury | The mineral/ore cinnabar |
| 42 | Mo | Molybdenum | The mineral/ore molybdenite |
| 115 | Mc | Moscovium | Not found in nature, man-made, synthetic |
| 60 | Nd | Neodymium | The mineral/ore bastnasite, monazite, loparite |
| 10 | Ne | Neon | Isolated from the liquifaction of air |
| 93 | Np | Neptunium | Not found in nature, man-made, synthetic |
| 28 | Ni | Nickel | The mineral/ore pentlandite, nickel bearing pyrrhotite |
| 113 | Nh | Nihonium | Not found in nature, man-made, synthetic |
| 41 | Nb | Niobium | The mineral/ore pyrochlore |
| 7 | N | Nitrogen | Isolated from the liquifaction of air |
| 102 | No | Nobelium | Not found in nature, man-made, synthetic |
| 118 | Og | Oganesson | Not found in nature, man-made, synthetic |
| 76 | Os | Osmium | Isolated from the native elements or alloys of the various elements or arsenides |
| 8 | O | Oxygen | Isolated from the liquifaction of air |
| 46 | Pd | Palladium | Isolated from the native elements or alloys of the various elements or arsenides |
| 15 | P | Phosphorus | The mineral/ore hydroxylapatite, fluorapatite, chlorapatite |
| 78 | Pt | Platinum | Isolated from the native elements or alloys of the various elements or arsenides |
| 94 | Pu | Plutonium | Not found in nature, man-made, synthetic |
| 84 | Po | Polonium | The mineral/ore Uranium ores |
| 19 | K | Potassium | The mineral/ore sylvite, brines, and langbeinite |
| 59 | Pr | Praseodymium | The mineral/ore bastnasite, monazite, loparite |
| 61 | Pm | Promethium | Promethiumman-made, synthetic |
| 91 | Pa | Protactinium | Isolated from the decay of Uranium |
| 88 | Ra | Radium | The mineral/ore uraninite |
| 86 | Rn | Radon | Isolated from the decay product of Radium |
| 75 | Re | Rhenium | The mineral/ore molybdenite |
| 45 | Rh | Rhodium | Isolated from the native elements or alloys of the various elements or arsenides |
| 111 | Rg | Roentgenium | Not found in nature, man-made, synthetic |
| 37 | Rb | Rubidium | The mineral/ore lepidolite and pollucite |
| 44 | Ru | Ruthenium | Isolated from the native elements or alloys of the various elements or arsenides |
| 104 | Rf | Rutherfordium | Not found in nature, man-made, synthetic |
| 62 | Sm | Samarium | The mineral/ore bastnasite, monazite, loparite |
| 21 | Sc | Scandium | The mineral/ore bastnasite, monazite, loparite |
| 106 | Sg | Seaborgium | Not found in nature, man-made, synthetic |
| 34 | Se | Selenium | Isolated by the recoverey from copper processing |
| 14 | Si | Silicon | The mineral/ore quartz |
| 47 | Ag | Silver | The mineral/ore argentite/acanthite, native silver, pyrargyrite and proustite, cerargyrite |
| 11 | Na | Sodium | The mineral/ore halite or soda ash |
| 38 | Sr | Strontium | The mineral/ore celestite |
| 16 | S | Sulfur | Isolated by the desulferizing of natural gas and petroleum |
| 73 | Ta | Tantalum | The mineral/ore tantalite-columbite |
| 43 | Tc | Technetium | Not found in nature, man-made, synthetic |
| 52 | Te | Tellurium | Isolated by the recoverey in processing copper ores |
| 117 | Ts | Tennessine | Not found in nature, man-made, synthetic |
| 65 | Tb | Terbium | The mineral/ore bastnasite, monazite, loparite |
| 81 | Tl | Thallium | Isolated by the recoverey from processing copper, lead and zinc ores |
| 90 | Th | Thorium | The mineral/ore monazite |
| 69 | Tm | Thulium | The mineral/ore bastnasite, monazite, loparite |
| 50 | Sn | Tin | The mineral/ore cassiterite |
| 22 | Ti | Titanium | The mineral/ore rutile, ilmenite, and leucoxene |
| 74 | W | Tungsten | The mineral/ore scheelite and huebnerite-ferberite |
| 92 | U | Uranium | The mineral/ore uraninite, pitchblende, coffinite |
| 23 | V | Vanadium | Isolated by the recoverey from petroleum residues |
| 54 | Xe | Xenon | Isolated from the liquifaction of air |
| 70 | Yb | Ytterbium | The mineral/ore bastnasite, monazite, loparite |
| 39 | Y | Yttrium | The mineral/ore bastnasite, monazite, loparite |
| 30 | Zn | Zinc | The mineral/ore sphalerite, zinc sulfide |
| 40 | Zr | Zirconium | The mineral/ore zircon |
