Bismuth and tellur
Bismuth and tellurium
Bismuth and tellurium are the only two metals which have abundances less than 10-8 by mass part (g/g) in the Earth's crust, but which are currently not of high economic value
Rough world market Price ($/kg)s
metal | mass abundance[6] | Price ($/kg) 2009-04-10[7] | Price ($/kg) 2009-07-22[8] | Price ($/kg) 2010-01-07[citation needed] |
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Platinum | 5 ppb | 42681 | 37650 | 49995 |
Rhodium | 1 ppb | 39680 | 46200 | 88415 |
Gold | 4 ppb | 31100 | 30590 | 36370 |
Iridium | 1 ppb | 14100 | 12960 | 13117 |
Osmium | 1.5 ppb | 13400 | 12200 | 12217 |
Palladium | 15 ppb | 8430 | 8140 | 13632 |
Rhenium | 0.7 ppb | 7400 | 7000 | 6250 |
Ruthenium | 1 ppb | 2290 | 2730 | 5562 |
Germanium | 1500 ppb | 1050[9] | 1038 | |
Beryllium | 2800 ppb | 850[citation needed] | ||
Silver | 75 ppb | 437 | 439 | 588 |
Gallium | 19000 ppb | 425[9] | 413 | |
Indium | 250 ppb | 325[9] | 520 | |
Tellurium | 1 ppb | 158.70 | ||
Mercury | 85 ppb | 18.90 | 15.95 | |
Bismuth | 8.5 ppb | 15.40 | 18.19 |