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GER-MA-NI-UM 
You might think the name germanium sounds like the country Germany. You'd be right. Germanium was discovered in 1886 by a chemist named Winkler and was named after Germany. You will find many other elements that were named after people or places as you study the elements of the periodic table. Germanium has been found in many minerals and when purified, is a grayish color but has physicals traits of both a metal and a crystal. It is very brittle and can even shatter. It is in the same family with the elements carbon and silicon.
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