Home›Sources›Nature's Building Blocks: An A-Z Guide to the ElementsSourcesNature's Building Blocks: An A-Z Guide to the ElementsCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Nature's Building Blocks: An A-Z Guide to the Elements." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/natures-building-blocks-an-a-z-guide-to-the-elements.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Nature's Building Blocks: An A-Z Guide to the Elements. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/natures-building-blocks-an-a-z-guide-to-the-elementsCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-nature-s-building-blocks-an-a-z-guide-to, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Nature's Building Blocks: An A-Z Guide to the Elements}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/natures-building-blocks-an-a-z-guide-to-the-elements}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXJohn Emsley's reference guide to the chemical elements, published by Oxford University Press, covering each element's properties, history and, notably for this atlas's purposes, the origin of its name. Its academic press publication places this at this atlas's top tier. Within this atlas it is used narrowly, only for the etymology of an element's name; every other chemical fact about the elements is recorded directly rather than drawn from this source. It is not cited here for anything beyond that naming history.FactsClaims Backed By This Source (1,380 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationAuthorWell-attestedJohn EmsleyPublisherWell-attestedOxford University PressPublication YearWell-attested2011URLWell-attestedhttps://global.oup.com/academic/product/natures-building-blocks-9780199605637Source TypeWell-attestedreferenceAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1An element by element reference from a university press, used here only for the origin of each element's name, a narrow and independently checkable class of fact.NotesWell-attestedNew edition. Element-by-element reference including the origin of each element name. Used here only for name etymologies; every other chemical fact about the elements is already recorded directly in this atlas.Claims Backed By This Source (1,380 claims)This source backs 1,380 claims across the atlas. As facts: 1,030 well-attested, 1 popular myth - corrected. As cited relationships: 179 holds. Plus 170 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicPeriodic Elements, 937 claims: 707 well-attested, 112 holds, 118 general references.Articles, 234 claims: 234 well-attested.Alchemical Substances, 193 claims: 80 well-attested, 1 popular myth - corrected, 67 holds, 45 general references.Metals, 8 claims: 1 well-attested, 7 general references.Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.Well-attested1,030Alchemical SubstancesAethiops MineralAlumAmalgamAntimonyAqua FortisAqua RegiaAqua VitaeArsenicBlue VitriolBoraxButter of AntimonyCalamineCinnabarCommon SaltCopperFlowers of SulfurGalenaGlauber's SaltGoldGreen VitriolIronLeadLithargeLuna CorneaOil of VitriolOrpimentPowder of AlgarothQuicksilverRealgarSal AlembrothSalt of TartarSaltpetreSilverSpirit of HartshornSpirit of SaltSulfurTartarThe Bologna Stone (Lapis Solaris)TinVerdigrisVinegarWhite VitriolArticlesA Discovery with Three ClaimantsA Halogen Named for TennesseeA Highland Name and a Cold War ShadowA Homeland Written into the TableA Latin Name for StockholmA Prediction of the New PhysicsA Russian NameAlchemical and Symbolic AssociationsShowing 1 to 50 of 396 entities carrying this claim. NextPopular myth - corrected1Alchemical SubstancesAurum PotabileHolds179Alchemical SubstancesAlumAntimonyAqua FortisAqua RegiaAqua VitaeArsenicBlue VitriolBoraxButter of AntimonyCommon SaltCopperFlowers of SulfurGlauber's SaltGoldGreen VitriolIronLeadLithargeLuna CorneaOil of VitriolPowder of AlgarothPyriteQuicksilverSal AlembrothSal AmmoniacSalt of TartarSaltpetreSilverSpirit of HartshornSpirit of SaltSulfurTartarThe Bologna Stone (Lapis Solaris)TinVerdigrisVinegarWhite VitriolPeriodic ElementsActiniumAmericiumAntimonyArsenicBerkeliumBoronBromineCadmiumCalciumCaliforniumCeriumCesiumChromiumShowing 1 to 50 of 112 entities carrying this claim. NextGeneral References170Alchemical SubstancesAethiops MineralAlumAmalgamAntimonyAqua FortisAqua RegiaAqua VitaeArsenicAurum PotabileBlue VitriolBoraxButter of AntimonyCalamineCinnabarCommon SaltCopperFlowers of SulfurGalenaGlauber's SaltGoldGreen VitriolIronLeadLithargeLuna CorneaOil of VitriolOrpimentPowder of AlgarothPyriteQuicksilverRealgarSal AlembrothSal AmmoniacSalt of TartarSaltpetreSilverSpirit of HartshornSpirit of SaltSulfurTartarThe Bologna Stone (Lapis Solaris)TinVerdigrisVinegarWhite VitriolMetalsCopperGoldIronLeadMercuryShowing 1 to 50 of 170 entities carrying this claim. NextComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year