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My first is sunny and may be found here in Hades;
My second is funny and may be found here in Hell.

My third is charged, found liberated in Alicante;
My fourth is rare and found liberated in Iberia.

My sixth is hard and found secretly in knickers;
My seventh is fertile and found often in pants.


What is my fifth?

(I'll add more tags if this one seems hard or too broad.)

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    – Rand al'Thor
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Your fifth is black, and can be found buried in fiberglass

You are the

Periodic table of elements

The clues each have a property of a member, along with a couple words containing the "name":

Hydrogen:
sunny (it's found in the sun)
H is in here and Hades

Helium:
funny (you talk funny when inhaled)
He in here and Hell

Lithium:
charged (commonly used in batteries)
Li in liberated and Alicante

Beryllium:
rare (it's just rare, and not found alone)
Be in liberated and Iberia

Carbon:
hard (think diamonds)
C in secretly and knickers

Nitrogen:
fertile (most fertilizers contain it)
N in often and pants

So that makes the fifth one:

Boron:
black (one of it's "natural" appearances)
B in buried and fiberglass

Thanks to GentlePurpleRain in comments for the last set of clues.

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    $\begingroup$ Jeez, that was quick! And there was me thinking it might've been too hard... $\endgroup$
    – Rand al'Thor
    Commented Aug 4, 2015 at 19:34
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    $\begingroup$ I got it from the first two, for the record. Had to look up a list for the rest. $\endgroup$
    – Set Big O
    Commented Aug 4, 2015 at 19:34
  • $\begingroup$ I'm sitting here looking at the last line, with 'egg' for fertile and 'leg' for found in pants, trying to figure out the rest of the "add a letter to the front" pairs...I think you're probably more correct than me... $\endgroup$
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    $\begingroup$ @Geobits, I think the fifth would be found habitually in fiberglass. (The descriptive words also contain the element's abbreviation: here, here, liberated, liberated, (habitually), secretly, often) $\endgroup$
    – GentlePurpleRain
    Commented Aug 4, 2015 at 22:06
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    $\begingroup$ @GentlePurpleRain has got it! $\endgroup$
    – Rand al'Thor
    Commented Aug 4, 2015 at 23:12

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