English

Noun

virginium ‎(uncountable)

1. (chemistry, obsolete) A rejected name for francium.
   • 2014, Marco Fontani, ‎Mariagrazia Costa, ‎Mary Virginia Orna, The Lost Elements: The Periodic Table's Shadow Side (page 328)

     Because he had found six minima for every salt of virginium—VaCl, VaNO3, Va2SO4, and VaOH—he asserted that virginium consisted of a mixture of six stable isotopes. Allison also found virginium present in other minerals […]