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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—M

Metals

The seven metals in alchemy. Gold, Apollo or the sun.

Silver, Diana or the moon.

Quicksilver, Mercury.

Copper, Venus.

Iron, Mars.

Tin, Jupiter.

Lead, Saturn.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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