Platinum

Platinum: symbol Pt, it is a white, shiny, ductile and malleable metal. It is found in nature associated with other metals of its group (rhodium, palladium, osmium and iridium), and sometimes with iron, copper and small quantities of gold, nickel and manganese. While crystallizing in the monometric system, it is almost never found in crystals, but in granules or flakes.

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