The Most Expensive Materials In The World

DIAMOND $55,000 PER GRAM : Used for jewelry • Made from pressurized carbon molecules under the Earth's crust. TRITIUM $30,000 PER GRAM SAFFRON $11 PER GRAM : Used for cooking. Available in powder and thread forms Used for glowing exit signs, illuminated watches, and gun sights • A radioactive form of hydrogen TAAFFEITE GOLD $56 PER GRAM • Úsed for jewelry, coins, dental fillings, decorative art, and solar shields for spacecraft $20,000 PER GRAM •Used for jewelry Ranges from purple to red in color. 10 6. THE MOST EXPENSIVE 1O MATERIALS IN THE WORLD 8. RHODIUM RHCCLIM 7. 5. RHODIUM PAINITE $58 PER GRAM • Used for jewelry and aircraft engines Known as "white gold". Found in South Africa • More, heat resistant than platinum $9,000 PER GRAM • Used for jewelry and as aling crystals • Red in color, it is one of the rarest minerals in the world • New specimens were recently discovered in Myanmar. PLUTONIUM PLATINUM $60 PER GRAM • Used for. jewelry, engines, and dentistry Resistant to oxidization RHINO HORN $110 PER GRAM $4,000 PER GRAM • Used for energy by nuclear power plants Derived from uranium rėactions Used for Chinese medicine • Owning an entire horn is a sign of wealth SOURCES: http://learni.st/users/SteveSegovja/boards/29279-the-16-most-expensive-substances-in-the-worfd http://www.hellotravel.com/stories/the-15-most-expensive-materials-in-the-world. Plutonium: By Department of Energy (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons Painite: Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com - CC-BY-SA 3.0 (CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.orgAicenses/by-sa/3.0), via Wikimedia Commons Taaffeite: By DonGuennie (G-Empire The World Of Gems) (Own work http://www.g-empire.de) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0). via Wikimedia Commons wiH WILLIAM HENRY