Iron was valued more highly than silver and gold. Iron denotes durability and flexibility. In Mexican and Minoan cultures, it represented male strength. There are more than a hundred lead compounds. Galena is the main ore of lead.
Lead symbolizes weight.
Malachite was used as eyeshadow and an important copper ore mined in King Solomon's mines. A term applied to any limestone. In the Bible, it represents strength and protection of God. Silver Silver symbolizes the corruptible side of human nature and is linked to the moon. In Christianity, it is purity, chastity, and eloquence.