All About Rhodium, The Most Valuable Metal in the World
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(Click above to listen to this article read aloud.) Rhodium is a rare metal used in jewelry, It’s also the most expensive... Read More
Five Most Incredible Shipwreck Treasure Hauls Ever Discovered
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(Click above to listen to this article read aloud.) If you’re a regular reader at Historic Metals (and why wouldn’t you be?)... Read More
Top Five Most Famous Gem Heists of All Time
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(Click above to listen to this article read aloud.)Gems and jewels have drawn robberies and thefts since the beginning of time. Anywhere... Read More
What Are the Seven Cities of Gold?
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(Click above to listen to this article read aloud.) In the 16th century, as Spanish colonizers roamed Mexico and the Southern United... Read More
What Lies Beneath? Five Lost Sunken Shipwreck Treasures That Have Never Been Found!
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(Click above to listen to this article read aloud.) The oceans on our planet are hiding extraordinary things. Be they shipwrecks or... Read More
Ten Incredible Lost Treasures of the World
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(Click above to listen to this article read aloud.) Our planet is full of things that have been lost over time, never... Read More
The Fabulous Fabergé Eggs
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(Click above to listen to this article read aloud.) Fabergé eggs are synonymous with the decadence of imperial Russian rule before the... Read More
Looking Back at the California Gold Rush
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(Click above to listen to this article read aloud.) Gold rushes have shaped human history all over the world. Some of the... Read More
A Lexicon of Metals
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In general, a “metal” is a material that is usually hard, opaque, sometimes shiny, and possessing electrical and thermal conductivity capabilities. Metals... Read More
The Evolution of Alchemy
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(Click above to listen to this article read aloud.) The name alchemy comes etymologically from Arabic and Late Greek. Ancient Greeks had... Read More