Interesting Facts
More from Angola... Did you know that the Angolan oil fields on Block 18 are Portuguese names for metals found on the Periodic table?
Discovered
 Crude Oil Translation Symbol
Description
1999
 Platina - Platinum Pt
precious metal
1999
 Plutonio - Plutonium Pu
transuranium metal
2000
 Galio - Gallium Ga
metal
2000
 Paladio - Palladium Pd
precious metal
2000
 Cromio - Chromium Cr
transition metal
2001
 Cobalto - Cobalt Co
transition metal
2004 Cesio - Cesium Cs alkali metal
2004 Chumbo - Lead Pb metal
April 2004
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