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Name that element! It's the world's most powerful element, fueling both nuclear weapons and power plants. Our mystery element is softer than steel, denser than lead, and has existed for more than 6.6 billion years--longer than Earth itself. Can you name it? For help, grab a periodic table and follow these eight clues. Then turn the page to test your "element IQ." (Physical science: chemistry).
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CLUE 1 A ROCK START
The element's silver-white metal is found nearly everywhere--soil, plants, water. But it's most abundant in rocks, where it combines with other elements to form crystals of naturally occurring chemicals called minerals, or ores. Its most common ore: a marblelike rock called pitchblende.
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