![]() ![]() Pure aluminum was more valuable than gold when it was first discovered in the early 19th century. Credit: courtesy of Alcoa, Inc.Ĭompared to gold, silver, lead and copper - metals that people have extracted, refined and used for millennia - aluminum is a relative newcomer. When Napoleon III commissioned this aluminum baby rattle for his son, Eugene Louis Jean Joseph, aluminum was more costly than silver.
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