OSMIUM
The last precious metal
It actually seems strange that, being the most valuable metal, crystalline Osmium, didn't find its way into the broad market much earlier. But in times of increasing worldwide uncertainty, it is becoming more and more appropriate to secure oneself with real assets. The moment of Osmium has come. Primarily, Osmium serves as a store of value, like every other precious metal does. Due to its phenomenal reflective properties, it has also become the "more beautiful diamond" for the luxury segment of the jewelry industry. As a designer, you can win international awards with Osmium. Ulysse Nardin and Hublot are introducing watches with Osmium to the market and many spectacular jewelry pieces are being manufactured by jewelers and goldsmiths.
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The metal of myths
Osmium is the rarest precious metal, the rarest metal and the rarest non-radioactive element of all. 30,000,000,000 tons of gold in the earth's crust contrast to only 20 tons of minable Osmium. The reason that Osmium has remained almost unknown compared to the other seven precious metals is due to the fact that Osmium is toxic in its raw form and therefore could not be sold to private individuals and family offices until only a few years ago. Raw Osmium forms an oxide when exposed to air that is harmful to health. Through a complex crystallization process, crystalline Osmium is produced from toxic Osmium sponge in a special laboratory in Switzerland.
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The elative of rarity
Only part of the Osmium is extracted from the associated platinum in the mines. This small amount is converted into crystalline Osmium. Raw Osmium sponge is purchased by the Osmium-Institute only from mines and refineries and not from private traders or speculators. After crystallization, it is scanned by employees of the Osmium-Institute with a particularly high resolution of 25,000 measuring points on only one square millimetre of surface each. And it is only through crystallization and certification that it acquires its high value density and, above all, its absolute unforgeability.
