THE HISTORY OF THE STONE: PRECIOUS AND RARE RHODIUM

The History of the Stone: Precious and Rare Rhodium

William Hyde Wollaston, an English chemist, discovered rhodium in 1803, not long after he had discovered the element palladium. From a sample of platinum ore that he had taken from South America, he extracted rhodium. He was left with a dark red powder when the platinum and palladium were extracted from the sample. It was discovered that the powder

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