In this platinum documentary, we explore platinum mining, science, history, and the future outlook for this truly unique commodity.
As one of the lesser known, but nonetheless vital precious metals, platinum has a long history of being used for jewelry and ornamentation, reaching back to the ancient Egyptian empire, having been discovered on a coffin unearthed in Thebes, estimated to be from the 7th century BC.
Modern day uses of platinum include being a key element in catalytic converters for vehicles , as a catalyst in the chemical industry, and even in the creation of life-saving anti-cancer drugs.
In this platinum documentary, we explore this exclusive metal that befuddled miners and scientists alike when it was first discovered. Dubbed ‘platina’ or ‘little silver’ by the Spanish Conquistadors, the truth is, platinum is so much more than meets the eye.
Produced, Edited, and Narrated by Jesse Day: https://jesseday.ca
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00:00 Intro
01:19 What is Platinum?
06:16 How is Platinum Mined?
08:37 A History of Platinum
15:09 The Future of Platinum
Music for What is Platinum? section: I Need to Start Writing Things Down by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/darkglow/
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36 Comments
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Why is it so entertaining to watch documentaries about shit you have no interest in?
Wow…
Russia has all the metals..
fuck california
You might wanna read this. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19890005752
If you destroy your living environment by extracting anything and everything in your path the you are basically trying to kill every living things and sending them into extinction faster into the future the humanity’s excuses are that you have got to have them but in the end you were just trying to kill your kind
I need to cut off car exhausts and melts them into platinum.
Me i ask ho is the buyer. Of platinum
WHY are platinum Bulk Bullion prices cheaper than gold when platinum Jewelry is more expensive than gold Jewelry? It makes no sense.
It just burns idk if I’d consider it catylizing gas more than burning it
160 tons of platinum are mined per year as opposed to 3000 tons for gold. but currently platinum is priced half as much as gold!
The narrator really needs to learn English. It's pronounced as "i-urn" not "i-run". Where are these people being picked up from? Why can't they have someone who can speak proper American English?
The whole 17 minutes is boring somehow.
honestly man you need a new voice for these videos. this voice is unbareable
How the hell did middle-ages Equadorians purify and smelt platinum ????
Helppp what's name of dong at 6.20????
Never heard of this “eye Ron” you speak of.
The popular belief throughout history was that Earth was a Globe since at least ancient Greeks times, Newton was not the first one to theorize it
Well, that was not a waste of time, was it?
So South Africa has almost all the Diamonds AND Platinum on earth. Wow
South Africa use to be no1 producer of platinum
Everyone educated knew the Earth was a sphere in the middle ages. No captain sailed to prove it. They all sailed to find trade routes around the globe. Quit repeating the myth of "sailing to prove the globe." Furthermore: do you think ANY royalty would be stupid enough to risk a large fortune on a fools errand?! NO!!! They ALL funded TRADING expeditions to MAKE MONEY!
Plaser mining ⛏️ is not correct, it's placer
Platinum is not magnetic 🧲
This video was somewhat interesting as explorational history but there was very little information at all on the early and modern mining methods of platinum, extraction and production.
All your videos are great, ty for the education
You made a very useful and interesting video. One correction is that 'placer' is pronounced 'PLAH-sir, not PLACE-er. I think you misspoke also when you said that platinum was in the group with 'siliCONE' when you meant siliCON. Silicone (polydimethylsiloxane) is a type of rubber, often used to enhance women's breasts. In fact, enhanced breasts attract platinum in the form of jewelry and prenuptial agreements.
One note: The objective of the expedition in which António de Ulloa participated, wanted to identify precisely the shape of the Earth (how flattened is the Earth Globe in the Poles) not to demonstrate whether the Earth is flat. They needed to measure a meridian to do that. (Actually, to measure 2 meridians, the other in Lapland).
Another note: Everybody knew in 1735 that the Earth is NOT flat. The expedition Magellan-El Cano (1519-1522), founded by the Spanish Crown had gone around the Globe: matter put to rest.
I have found the rest of the clip very interesting.
You don't "know" your not gonna die today. You don't "know" God is your Heart or not. You live in a lie when you officially decide God isn't your Heart and Soul, because you do not "know" he isn't.
I wonder why they have not added small turbines with tubes to electric cars in theory u driving u car would recharge u batteries so u would only need to recharge battery if u did not drive car for few days. My idea saves the power grid and energy.
New shipments? Earth its from markers on Gaint tradeing places! 🤖👽🌐🪐
My signet ring I had made is platinum.
No pLaTinum is heavier / Tis The weighT noT size.
One of the questions I have to ask is all the Spanish mumbo-jumbo with platinum when One of the questions I have to ask is all the Spanish mumbo-jumbo with platinum when It comes out of Africa and Russia pretty much all of it so I have to question why were talking about it in South America and you also mention that it was found in the Egyptian tombs for Burial
whos here after watching Dr. Stone?
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