One of the rarest metals of the present time is platinum. Hence, it is one of the costliest metals. Platinum is often considered as a “new” metal, although use of platinum has been known since the early Egyptian civilization. Later, platinum was discovered by the Spanish in the 17th century. The name platinum came from the Spanish word “platina”, meaning little silver; as its color is white, almost like silver. But, its metallic luster and strength is much better than that of silver. Although, the Spanish disregarded platinum, as they found it while mining gold. Gold was given more importance those days.
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