Bismuth
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Discovery
Claude Geoffrey the Younger showed bismuth to be distinct from lead in 1753. Before that, bismuth had been confused with tin and lead [3].
Origin of name
From German "weisse masse" (white mass), later "wisuth" and "bisemutum" [3].