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🜩 U+1F729, 🜩
ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR TIN ORE
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[U+1F728]
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[U+1F72A]
In older manuscripts, tin was the planetary metal of Mercury, and the symbol of Mercury was used for tin-bearing minerals

Translingual

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Etymology

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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.

Symbol

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  1. (obsolete, alchemy) tin-bearing mineral or ore