This is, for lack of a better description, probably a good example of what a case of vodka will buy you at a government ministry in Russia. Especially in powdered form, quite a few of these elements may not be shipped by air at all, and may not even be sent by cargo ship if they are together as part of the same shipment on the theory that they might react with each other.
Of course those regulations are silly when applied to such tiny quantities, so we see that there is a positive side to a government run on lubrication. The set includes 60 minerals representing the elements of the periodic table. Of course few minerals are pure elements, so many of the samples are compounds that contain the given element. In exchange, they are beautiful in a way that only natural minerals can be. It's a wonder to think that beautiful crystals like these just come up out of the ground, formed by natural forces deep in space and time.
Sarah at Jensan's is sending me the collection one box at a time for me to photograph and include in the periodic table collection she also sent me a nice periodic table poster based on an expanded version of the set. Over the next month or two you'll see photos and 3D models of all these minerals appearing on my site. You can see photographs of all the samples I have so far displayed on my web site in a periodic table layout or with bigger pictures in numerical order.
Buy My Poster I publish a photographic periodic table poster with pictures taken from my collection. Sometimes pictures are frankly more interesting than real samples, which can be too small to see well in person. And posters don't have any health and safety issues: You can put one up anywhere, even in places where radioactive elements would raise eyebrows.
Here's what it looks like click to go to a page where you can see larger versions or order your own copy : You can buy a copy right now! Buy Elements from a Chemical Supplier There are several full-line chemical supply houses that sell virtually every element in any number of different forms ingots, powders, sheets, rods, you name it.
This is a pretty expensive way to get elements: You're paying a premium for guaranteed purity and careful packaging. And they are generaly not interested in selling to individuals, preferring to deal with companies and research institutions.
Chemical companies of this nature used to be the only way to get some of the more exotic elements, but these days eBay is surprisingly comprehensive. Scrounge around on eBay, at Walmart, Hardware stores, etc. If you look through the list of sources and contributors of the elements in my collection, you'll see that I got a large number of them from one of two sources: Walmart and eBay.
In fact, I have a special list of all the elements you can get at Walmart specifically. If you want to follow this path, you can use my list of sources as a starting point: Many of the eBay sellers are repeat sellers who probably have an element or two on offer right now. I've gotten so involved in element collecting that I now, in partnership with Max Whitby of the RGB Company, offer a line of museum-quality element samples on eBay.
Our samples are high-end: Not the cheapest but definitely the best. Many are sealed in argon-purged glass ampoules, for example. You'll want to use eBay's search feature to find new sellers and new kinds of objects. Some elements are easy to search for because no one uses their name unless they're selling that element.
Other elements, like vanadium, are a pain because there are hundreds and hundreds of listings for things made of chrome-vanadium steel, for example. You have to throw in terms like "pure", or "chemical" to limit the search. You could search just in the appropriate categories of lab supplies, scientific collectibles, etc. But then you'd miss the most interesting objects, like this antique Foo Lion incense burner made of antimony. There are certain objects, like this one, for which there did not exist a mechanism by which one could possibly find one, before the invention of eBay.
Think about it: Where on earth would you go if you wanted an antimony Foo Lion incense burner, if not eBay? The harder ones, scandium, promethium, most of the rare earths, are usually not available this way, except from a small number of sellers like David Franco see above. In my case, I also got an incredible amount of support from people who thought my web site was fun and offered to trade or donate elements.
I think I tapped into a rich vein of people who had had an element or two around the house for a decade or three and were actually kind of relieved to find someone who would give it a good home. If you can't find people like that, you may be forced to use method 1 or 2 to complete your collection. As long as you keep the number of elements you buy from a chemical supplier to a minimum, the cost won't be too outrageous.
Or you could buy one of the complete sets after you give up on the rare ones. Collect periodic table posters instead. It's not quite the same thing, but some people make a hobby of collecting periodic table posters. The Earth is a truly wondrous and marvelous thing. Even after thousands of years of human existence, there are still so many new discoveries left to be made. Some of the most interesting things about this lovely planet of ours are the natural elements that exist.
There have been many elements that have been discovered throughout time—some are precious while others are not so much. Out of all the elements that have been discovered here in the world, here are the five that are the most expensive and precious. You might ask how could such an element be so expensive. The cost of this element comes from the fact that its half-life is only 22 minutes. The billion per gram is completely theoretical, since one gram of francium has never even been observed.
The biggest amount of francium ever produced was a cluster of more than , atoms. Although francium occurs naturally , it decays so quickly that it cannot be collected for use.
Only a few atoms of francium have been produced commercially, so if you wanted to produce grams of francium, you could expect to pay a few billion U. Lutetium is the most expensive element that you could actually order and purchase. So, from a practical standpoint, lutetium is the most expensive element.
The transuranium elements, in general, are extremely expensive. These elements typically are man-made , plus it is costly to isolate the trace amounts of transuranic elements that exist naturally.
For example, based on the cost of the accelerator time, manpower, materials, etc. Of course, you could argue that anti-elements, which technically are pure elements, are more expensive than regular elements.
While you can't buy antimatter , it does occur naturally. For example, it is produced by some lightning strikes. However, antimatter reacts with regular matter very quickly.
If you can't afford francium, lutetium, or even gold, plenty of elements are readily available in pure form. If you've ever burned a marshmallow or a piece of toast, the black ash was nearly pure carbon. Other elements, with higher value, are readily available in pure form.
The copper in electrical wiring is over 99 percent pure. Natural sulfur occurs around volcanoes. Actively scan device characteristics for identification.
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