Platinum

You are the rarest and the heaviest Of all our precious metals here on Earth… Your sisters, Gold and Silver, are stockpiled... But you are not...in case supply runs low. To generate one ounce of you we need Ten tons of ore and five months’ processing. Outstanding jewelers, like Cartier, Famed Faberge, plus Tiffany, create Their jewelry designs in Platinum. They turned you into lavish settings that Secure some famous diamonds like the Hope, Jonker and Koh-I-Noor. Your surface can Be scratched, but unlike sisters Silver and Pure Gold, there is no Platinum that’s lost. You are the rarest and most valued one... Each year we mine one hundred thirty tons, To Gold’s one thousand seven hundred plus. Our Platinum…rare metal of our Earth. © Sandra M. Haight 2014 All Rights Reserved ~NA~ Contest: Periodic Table Elements Sponsor: Anthony Slausen Judged: 01/06/2015

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Paul Callus

Date: 12/30/2014 11:39:00 AM

Your are very well informed on the subject, Sandra. I was tempted to try my luck in this contest, but seem to be stuck in lots of letters and numbers! Your entry encourages me to try anew:) // paul

Sandra Haight
Date: 12/30/2014 3:13:00 PM

Thank you so much, Paul. Actually, I did not know much about Platinum...but the Internet is amazing to find out what you don't know. In the old days, we'd have to make a trip to the library!! Anyway, thanks again for all your great comments and support. Again, Happy New Year to you and yours. Sandra

Jan Allison

Date: 12/29/2014 2:53:00 PM

very descriptive informative write Sandra - good luck in the contest:-) Hugs jan xxx

Sandra Haight
Date: 12/30/2014 3:14:00 PM

Thank you, Jan. As I commented to Paul above, thank goodness for the Internet! Hugs, Sandra