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  2. Precious metal - Wikipedia

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    Other precious metals include the platinum group metals: ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium, and platinum, of which platinum is the most widely traded. [1] The demand for precious metals is driven not only by their practical use but also by their role as investments and a store of value. Historically, precious metals have commanded ...

  3. Hierarchy of precious substances - Wikipedia

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    In popular culture, sets of precious substances may form hierarchies which express conventional perceived relative value or merit. Precious metals appear prominently in such hierarchies , but as they grow, gems and semi-precious materials may be introduced as part of the system.

  4. Category:Precious metals - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Precious metals" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

  5. Coinage metals - Wikipedia

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    The coinage metals comprise those metallic chemical elements and alloys which have been used to mint coins. Historically, most coinage metals are from the three nonradioactive members of group 11 of the periodic table: copper, silver and gold. Copper is usually augmented with tin or other metals to form bronze.

  6. Platinum group - Wikipedia

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    The platinum-group metals (PGMs), also known as the platinoids, platinides, platidises, platinum group, platinum metals, platinum family or platinum-group elements (PGEs), are six noble, precious metallic elements clustered together in the periodic table. These elements are all transition metals in the d-block (groups 8, 9, and 10, periods 5 ...

  7. Noble metal - Wikipedia

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    While lists of noble metals can differ, they tend to cluster around gold and the six platinum group metals: ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium, and platinum. ...