| Show bIORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD I 10 Nineteen Metals Wlmt Arc Wortli IUore TltanSlOOO a Pound J Following are the names of those 1 metals valued at over 1000 an avoirdupois I avoirdu-pois pound the figures given representing i represent-ing the value per pound I VanadiumA white metal discovered j in 1830 10000 I RubidiumAn alkaline metalsocalled I for exhibiting dark red lines in the spectrum spec-trum analysis 9070 Zirconium d metal obtained from the minerals zircon and hyacinth 1 in the form of a black powder 7200 Lithium An alkaline metal the lightest light-est metal known 7000 Glucinum A metal in the form of a grayishblack powder 5400 Calcium The metallic base of lime 1500 StrontiumA malleable metal of a yellowish yel-lowish color 1200 TerbiumObtained from the mineral gadolinite found in Sweden 1080 YttriumDiscovered in 1828 is of a grayishblack color and its lustre perfectly perfect-ly metallic 4080 ErbiumThe metal found associated nn with yttrium ji 34W CeriumA metal of high specific gravity color and a lameller ity a grayishwhite texture 3400 Did miumA metal found associated with cerium 3200 hard Ruthenium = Of a gray color very of and brittle extracted from the ores 2400 platinum and metal RhodiumOi a white color lustre and extremely hard and bnttle liclustre be uires heat that can strongest the It requires produced by a wind furnace for its fusion 2300 NiobiumPreviously named colum binum first discovered in an ore found at New London Conn 23000 Barium Metallic base of barytal800 PalladiumA metal discoveredjn 1802 and found in very small grains of a steel color and fibrous structure 1400 gray Osmium A brittle graycolored metal found with platium 1300 Indium = Found native as an alloy with osmium in leadgray scales and is the heaviest of known substancesl099 |
