11 THE PERIODIC TABLE OF ELEMENT PRODUCTION SOURCES

HYDROGEN HELIUM
KEY
H He
Natural gas ELEMENT NAME Natural gas
Element extracted directly from ore
HYDROGEN or raw material
LITHIUM BERYLLIUM BORON CARBON NITROGEN OXYGEN FLUORINE NEON

Li Be H ELEMENT SYMBOL
Element recovered as byproduct from
the extraction of another element B C N O F Ne
Spodumene & Beryl & Natural gas Ulexite &
petalite bertrandite Only produced by radioactive decay kernite Coal Air Air Fluorite Air
processes or synthetic means
MAIN SOURCE OF ELEMENT
SODIUM MAGNESIUM ALUMINIUM SILICON PHOSPHORUS SULFUR CHLORINE ARGON

Na Mg Al Si P S Cl Ar
Dolomite & Petroleum &
Halite magnesite Bauxite Quartz Apatite natural gas Halite Air

POTASSIUM CALCIUM HYDROGEN

SCANDIUM TITANIUM VANADIUM CHROMIUM MANGANESE IRON COBALT NICKEL
IRON COPPER ZINC GALLIUM GERMANIUM ARSENIC SELENIUM BROMINE KRYPTON

K Ca Sc
H Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni
Fe Cu Zn Ga Ge As Se Br Kr
Calcite, dolomite, Byproduct of U V-bearing Hematite & Byproduct of Pentlandite
Hematite && Chalcopyrite & Byproduct of Al/ Byproduct of Byproduct of Byproduct of
Sylvite & gypsum Natural gas
refining Ilmenite & rutile titanomagnetite Chromite Pyrolusite magnetite Ni/Cu processing magnetite
pyrrhotite chalcocite Sphalerite Zn/Cu processing Ni/Cu processing Cu processing Cu processing Brine Air

RUBIDIUM STRONTIUM YTTRIUM ZIRCONIUM NIOBIUM MOLYBDENUM TECHNETIUM RUTHENIUM RHODIUM PALLADIUM SILVER CADMIUM INDIUM TIN ANTIMONY TELLURIUM IODINE XENON

Rb Sr Y Zr Nb Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd In Sn Sb Te I Xe
Byproduct of Cs Celestite & Monazite & Pyrochlore & Molybdenite & Byproduct of Byproduct of Byproduct of Byproduct of Byproduct of Byproduct of
processing strontianite xenotime Zircon columbite wulfenite Synthetic Ni processing Ni/Cu processing Ni/Cu processing Argentite Zn processing Zn processing Cassiterite Stibnite Cu processing Caliche & brine Air

CAESIUM BARIUM HAFNIUM TANTALUM TUNGSTEN RHENIUM OSMIUM IRIDIUM PLATINUM GOLD MERCURY THALLIUM LEAD BISMUTH POLONIUM ASTATINE RADON

Cs Ba La–Lu Hf Ta W Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg Tl Pb Bi Po At Rn
Byproduct of Byproduct of Wolframite & Byproduct of Byproduct of Byproduct of Native form & Native form & Byproduct of Byproduct of Cu/
Pollucite Baryte Zr processing Sn processing scheelite Mo processing Ni/Cu processing Ni/Cu processing platiniridium electrum Cinnabar Zn/Pb processing Galena W/Pb processing Decay product Synthetic Decay product

FRANCIUM RADIUM RUTHERFORDIUM DUBNIUM SEABORGIUM BOHRIUM HASSIUM MEITNERIUM DARMSTADTIUM ROENTGENIUM COPERNICIUM NIHONIUM FLEROVIUM MOSCOVIUM LIVERMORIUM TENNESSINE OGANESSON

Fr Ra Ac–Lr Rf Db Sg Bh Hs Mt Ds Rg Cn Nh Fl Mc Lv Ts Og
Byproduct of
Synthetic U processing Synthetic Synthetic Synthetic Synthetic Synthetic Synthetic Synthetic Synthetic Synthetic Synthetic Synthetic Synthetic Synthetic Synthetic Synthetic

LANTHANUM CERIUM PRASEODYMIUM NEODYMIUM PROMETHIUM SAMARIUM EUROPIUM GADOLINIUM TERBIUM DYSPROSIUM HOLMIUM ERBIUM THULIUM YTTERBIUM LUTETIUM

La Ce Pr Nd Pm Sm Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er Tm Yb Lu
Monazite & Monazite & Monazite & Monazite & Monazite & Monazite & Monazite & Monazite & Monazite & Monazite & Monazite & Monazite & Euxenite & Monazite &
bastnäsite bastnäsite bastnäsite bastnäsite Decay product bastnäsite bastnäsite bastnäsite bastnäsite bastnäsite bastnäsite bastnäsite bastnäsite xenotime bastnäsite

ACTINIUM THORIUM PROTACTINIUM URANIUM NEPTUNIUM PLUTONIUM AMERICIUM CURIUM BERKELIUM CALIFORNIUM EINSTEINIUM FERMIUM MENDELEVIUM NOBELIUM LAWRENCIUM

Ac Th Pa U Np Pu Am Cm Bk Cf Es Fm Md No Lr
Monazite &
Decay product thorianite Decay product Uraninite Synthetic Synthetic Synthetic Synthetic Synthetic Synthetic Synthetic Synthetic Synthetic Synthetic Synthetic

Source data: Minerals Education Coalition, https://mineralseducationcoalition.org/mining-minerals-information/periodic-table-of-the-elements/

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