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Best collection method for Various Elements

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Wt. Name         Symbol State    Collection Method    Required Source
1   Hydrogen        H   Gas      Electrolysis         water
2   Helium          He  Gas      Mining               -
3   Lithium         Li  Solid    Mining               -
4   Beryllium       Be  Solid    Mining               -
5   Boron           B   Solid    Mining               -
6   Carbon          C   Solid    Mining               Coal
7   Nitrogen        N   Gas      Distillation
8   Oxygen          O   Gas      Distillation
9   Fluorine        F   Gas      Chemical Reaction
10  Neon            Ne  Gas      Distillation
11  Sodium          Na  Solid    Electrolysis         sea water
12  Magnesium       Mg  Solid    Electrolysis         sea water
13  Aluminium       Al  Solid    Mining               Bauxite
14  Silicon         Si  Solid    Mining               Silica
15  Phosphorus      P   Solid    Mining               -
16  Sulfur          S   Solid    Mining
17  Chlorine        Cl  Gas      Electrolysis         water
18  Argon           Ar  Gas      Distillation         sea water
19  Potassium       K   Solid    Mining               Potash
20  Calcium         Ca  Solid    Mining
21  Scandium        Sc  Solid    Mining
22  Titanium        Ti  Solid    Mining
23  Vanadium        V   Solid    
24  Chromium        Cr  Solid    Mining               Chromite Ore
25  Manganese       Mn  Solid    Mining               Manganese Ore
26  Iron            Fe  Solid    Mining               Iron Ore
27  Cobalt          Co  Solid    Mining               Cobaltite Ore
28  Nickel          Ni  Solid    Mining               Nickel Ore
29  Copper          Cu  Solid    Mining               Copper Ore
30  Zinc            Zn  Solid    Mining
31  Gallium         Ga  Solid 
32  Germanium       Ge  Solid 
33  Arsenic         As  Solid 
34  Selenium        Se  Solid 
35  Bromine         Br  Liquid
36  Krypton         Kr  Gas
37  Rubidium        Rb  Solid 
38  Strontium       Sr  Solid 
39  Yttrium         Y   Solid 
40  Zirconium       Zr  Solid
41  Niobium         Nb  Solid 
42  Molybdenum      Mo  Solid 
43  Technetium      Tc  Solid 
44  Ruthenium       Ru  Solid  
45  Rhodium         Rh  Solid 
46  Palladium       Pd  Solid  
47  Silver          Ag  Solid    Mining              Silver Ore
48  Cadmium         Cd  Solid 
49  Indium          In  Solid  
50  Tin             Sn  Solid 
51  Antimony        Sb  Solid 
52  Tellurium       Te  Solid  
53  Iodine          I   Solid 
54  Xenon           Xe  Gas
55  Caesium         Cs  Solid 
56  Barium          Ba  Solid 
57  Lanthanum       La  Solid 
58  Cerium          Ce  Solid  
59  Praseodymium    Pr  Solid 
60  Neodymium       Nd  Solid  
61  Promethium      Pm  Solid 
62  Samarium        Sm  Solid 
63  Europium        Eu  Solid 
64  Gadolinium      Gd  Solid  
65  Terbium         Tb  Solid 
66  Dysprosium      Dy  Solid 
67  Holmium         Ho  Solid 
68  Erbium          Er  Solid  
69  Thulium         Tm  Solid  
70  Ytterbium       Yb  Solid 
71  Lutetium        Lu  Solid 
72  Hafnium         Hf  Solid 
73  Tantalum        Ta  Solid  
74  Tungsten        W   Solid  
75  Rhenium         Re  Solid 
76  Osmium          Os  Solid 
77  Iridium         Ir  Solid   
78  Platinum        Pt  Solid 
79  Gold            Au  Solid    Mining       Gold Ore
80  Mercury         Hg  Liquid   Mining       Cinnabar
81  Thallium        Tl  Solid     
82  Lead            Pb  Solid    Mining
83  Bismuth         Bi  Solid  
84  Polonium        Po  Solid 
85  Astatine        At  Solid  
86  Radon           Rn  Gas
87  Francium        Fr  Solid  
88  Radium          Ra  Solid  
89  Actinium        Ac  Solid 
90  Thorium         Th  Solid 
91  Protactinium    Pa  Solid 
92  Uranium         U   Solid  
93  Neptunium       Np  Solid  
94  Plutonium       Pu  Solid  
95  Americium       Am  Solid  
96  Curium          Cm  Solid 
97  Berkelium       Bk  Solid  
98  Californium     Cf  Solid   
99  Einsteinium     Es  Solid 
100 Fermium         Fm  Solid  
101 Mendelevium     Md  Solid 
102 Nobelium        No  Solid  
103 Lawrencium      Lr  Solid 
104 Rutherfordium   Rf  Solid 
105 Dubnium         Db  Solid 
106 Seaborgium      Sg  Solid   
107 Bohrium         Bh  Solid 
108 Hassium         Hs  Solid  
109 Meitnerium      Mt  Solid  
110 Darmstadtium    Ds  Solid 
111 Roentgenium     Rg  Solid 
113 Ununtrium       Uut Solid 
115 Ununpentium     Uup Solid 
117 Ununseptium     Uus Solid 
118 Ununoctium      Uuo Solid