Chromium is Now Available

We are pleased to add another element as we expand our coverage of the periodic table. Our one troy ounce chromium ingots are finally ready. Own yo...

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Scandium in the News

In his recurring Mercenary Musings clip on Kitco News, this past week geologist Mickey Fulp discussed "The Scarcity of Scantily Supplied Scandium"....

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Iridium and Osmium Back in Stock & Iridium Ring Update

It took longer than we'd planned, but we finally have our full troy ounce iridium and osmium ingots back in stock. Our pre-orders will go out first...

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Fabulous Freddie and a Giant Pile of Mercurys

Queen's late frontman was recently in the news as the shock and pain of Prince's premature passing still lingers. The articles aptly recognize Fred...

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New Product Available

We finally received our back-ordered shipment of The Photographic Card Deck of the Elements by the incomparable Theodore Gray. It would complement...

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Gadolinium & Ytterbium are now available

We are pleased to announce that our one troy ounce ingots of gadolinium and ytterbium are now available. We had some fun with an environmental impa...

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From A to Z -- Aluminum and Zinc are now available

Our first ingot style base metals have been in the works for a while, but they are finally ready! They are each high purity one troy ounce samples....

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On the Cusp: Aluminum and Zinc

We are very close to releasing our one troy ounce ingots of aluminum and zinc. Though not rare metals by any measure we've had several requests for...

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On the Cusp: Gadolinium and Ytterbium

This is finally the week we'll release our gadolinium and ytterbium ingots, each in our standard one troy ounce format. The Swiss chemist Jean Char...

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One Man's Junk is Another Man's Treasure

The term "junk silver" applies to silver coins which in the United States were minted and in free circulation in this country through 1964 and whic...

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David and Goliath and the Disappearing Spoon

We are about a week away from the release of our one troy ounce gadolinium and ytterbium ingots. Soon to follow will be troy ounce ingots of alumin...

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Iridium Ring Pricing

We are most appreciative of all the interest and nice comments we've received while we've been preparing our first batch of 24 carat iridium rings....

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