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NAME OF THIS SOFT BLACK MINERAL IS FROM THE GREEK FOR "TO WRITE" 
.... DUE TO ITS LUSTER, GERMAN MINERS GAVE THIS ROCK IT'S NAME, 
WHICH ... THE NAME OF THIS SCIENCE COMES FROM 2 GREEK WORDS 
MEANING... [DOC] [TLE] Does Anyone Have a Pencil?  Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY [PAR] Children learn to write with it, accomplished artists create masterpieces with it, 
and ... Although the mineral looked like coal, it did not burn; and it left a shiny, 
black, easily ... Ten years later German geologist Abraham G. Werner named it 
graphite, from ... Yes, contrary to their name, lead pencils actually contain no lead 
at all! [DOC] [TLE] Graphite | Define Graphite at Dictionary.com [PAR] Graphite definition, a very common mineral, soft native carbon, occurring in black 
to dark-gray foliated masses, with ... 1790-1800; < German Graphit < Greek grph 
(ein) to write, draw + German -it -ite1 ... The Meaning of Evolution Samuel 
Christian Schmucker ... What mistaken pronunciation gave this character its 
name? [DOC] [TLE] Dinojim.com - Geology Stage 4.5 - GeoJeopardy! - Geological Trivia [PAR] Geology. $400. $800, $1200. $1600. $2000. Corundum makes up much of this 
rock used to make ..... variety of this soft mineral, German geologist Abraham 
Werner gave this mineral its name, derived from a Greek word for "to write" ..... 
Due to its luster, German miners gave this "pleasant" rock its name, which means 
"spark"... [DOC] [TLE] Graphite - Wikipedia [PAR] Graphite archaically referred to as plumbago, is a crystalline form of carbon, a 
semimetal, .... The Latin word for lead, plumbum, gave its name to the English 
term for this grey .... graphite its name, given in 1789 by German mineralogist 
Abraham Gottlob Werner. It stems from graphein, meaning to write/draw in 
Ancient Greek. [DOC] [TLE] Carbon Wonderland : Article : Scientific American - Nature [PAR] Graphene is the name given to one such sheet. ... Moreover, in its pure form it 
conducts electrons faster at room temperature than any other ... A decade later 
German geologist Abraham Gottlob Werner suggested that the substance could 
more appropriately be called graphite, from the Greek word meaning to write. [DOC] [TLE] A Dictionary of Mineral Names - Diamond Dan Publications [PAR] As a result, we have names like albite which was derived from the Latin word .... 
Abraham Gottlob Werner named this mineral Cubizite, although ... Its name came 
from the Greek word apatan which means .... A different theory claims it was 
named from a German word .... geologist Pierre Louis A. Cordier (1777-1861) 
who. [DOC] [TLE] Historical Setting | Answers in Genesis [PAR] Aug 1, 1997 ... To understand and appreciate the scriptural geologists, their historical context .... 
and George Fairholme to name three of the opponents of geology in Buckland's 
.... which may have some different meaning beneath their words  ..... and the 
widely influential German geologist, Abraham Werner, all of whom... [DOC] [TLE] Graphite - Cochise College P [PAR] Physical Geology ... http://skywalker.cochise.edu/wellerr/mineral/graphite/
graphiteL.htm ... The word graphite comes from the Greek word (graphein) 
which means to write ... This name was given by the German chemist and 
mineralogist Abraham ... We have different types of graphite and they are 
considered by its quality... [DOC] [TLE] The Graphite | Polarizing Microscopes Educational Resources [PAR] The name of Graphite was derived from the Greek word graphein, which means 
to write. This is an allusion to the its use as lead for pencils used in writing. 
Abraham Gottlob Werner, a German chemist and mineralogist in the year 1789, 
gave ... flaky when the mineral is examined under polarizing microscopes for 
geologists. [DOC] [TLE] From a graphite core : ANAIS TONDEUR [PAR] Graphite is one of the oldest mineral which has been exploited for its mark ... 
Traces of it have been found on Neolithic ceramics from 4th millennium B.C. ... 
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Question: German geologist Abraham Werner gave this mineral its name, derived from a Greek word for "to write"
Answer: graphite