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The Birth of Gold: A Cosmic Event
Gold is not formed on Earth — it is born when neutron stars collide. The story of the most precious stardust.
Masterpiece
The Star Metal
Colloidal Iridium
Colloidal iridium — one of the rarest elements in the Earth’s crust, delivered to our planet mostly by meteorites. As a colloid an absolute rarity that hardly any producer offers.
- Concentration
- up to 5 ppm
- Source Material
- 99.99% purity
- Carrier Medium
- double-distilled water
- Appearance
- Delicately violet, iridescent.
- Made for
- lab work, technical use and plant trials
Sizes
Made to order by hand. Price and size are arranged personally with you.
Made to order by hand, delivery usually within 3 to 7 days.
Order Personally
Message us directly and you will get a personal reply from the maker, with honest advice on use case, concentration, size and shipping.
On request you will receive a personal production video of your element from the cleanroom. Simply mention it in your enquiry.
Named after Iris, goddess of the rainbow — for the iridescent colours of its salts.
Worth Knowing
A wafer-thin layer of iridium in the rock marks the end of the dinosaurs worldwide — the trace of the asteroid that struck 66 million years ago.
Iridium is among the densest elements in the universe and withstands even aqua regia — hardly any substance is harder to attack.
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