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Ch. 2: Platinum in 1886

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PLATINUM AND IRIDIUM.
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Exports. There is a demand from England for "scrajgf' platinum, to which the United States contributes by exporting some worn-out utensils to be repaired and reimported. A portion of these exports also go
to France. The following table gives the exports from
880 to 1886, in-
elusive:
Value of platinum exports.
In addition to a small domestic production of iridosmine, the following amounts of iridium were imported, at a value of $20 per troy ounce, for the American Iridium Company, for uses which were described in detail in the last report:
Iridium imported and entered for consumption in the United Stales, 1873 to 1886 inclusive.
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