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ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR TIN ORE
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In older manuscripts, tin was the planetary metal of
Mercury
, and the symbol of Mercury was used for tin-bearing minerals
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♃
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tin
, plus a circle for a bearing mineral (
γη
'earth') that dates back at least to the medieval
Marcianus graecus
299 manuscript, and continuing an older tradition.
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(
obsolete
,
alchemy
)
tin-bearing
mineral
or
ore
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