Listed the 16 most expensive materials in the world

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For centuries, one of us still believes that gold is one of the most expensive materials in the world. However, this is completely wrong because there are many more valuable materials on Earth. Below is a list of the 16 most expensive materials in the world , calculated according to their money / weight, sorted from lowest to highest prices. Let's take a look: gold is not even in the top three on that list.

16. Saffron - Saffron pistil: $ 11 / gram

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Chefs consider saffron stamens or saffron as a rare spice in cooking. This spice creates a special flavor for dishes that no spice can substitute. The reason it has such a high price is because the harvest depends entirely on human health. Each flower has only 3 pistils and to collect about 0.5kg of saffron flower pistil, we need 75,000 flowers. Therefore, every gram of saffron flower pistil costs about 11 USD / gram. Although its production process takes a lot of time and effort, saffron's flavor and healing benefits do not have any comparable spice.

15. Gold: $ 56 / gram

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Gold is the most precious metal that no woman can ignore. Gold has been worshiped since ancient times and all other metals cannot compare to its beauty.

14. Rhodium: $ 58 / gram

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Rhodium is a silvery-white hard transition metal, and is a member of the platinum family. Rhodium is found in platinum ore and is used in alloys with platinum, which is considered as a catalyst. However, Rhodium prices often fluctuate strongly, depending on market demand. Rhodi's most used purpose is in automobile exhaust reducers.

13. Platinum: $ 60 / gram

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Platinum ( platinum ) is a special and highly valued substance in industries, jewelry and environmental cleanup. Like gold, it is resistant to acids, alkalis and other compounds. In addition to making jewelry and making prizes, platinum is also used in the medical industry with the production of anti-cancer drugs. This is the most rare and precious metal, more expensive than gold because the mining process is very complicated.

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12. Methamphetamine: $ 100 / gram

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Methamphetamine is a synthetic stimulant that has a strong impact on the central nervous system and is highly addictive. It causes negative effects on human health. Currently, methamphetamine is banned in many countries. Therefore, its cost is very high, about $ 100 / gram. These are the substances that the main characters in the hit TV series " Breaking Bad" use for cooking. Methamphetamine is banned by law and you better not take it in person.

11. Rhino horn: $ 110 / gram

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Rhino horns have a high price because a part of people think that it can cure cancer and many other incurable diseases, despite scientific objection. It is because of poachers that the rare rhino is about to become extinct.

10. Heroin: $ 130 / gram

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Heroin is a highly addictive drug made from opium. It is usually in the form of white or brown powder. Using heroin for a long time will cause serious health problems. This is a banned substance in most countries, so that may be why it is so expensive. This banned substance can be injected, inhaled directly or inhaled through smoke. Recommended you should not use.

9. Cocaine: $ 236 / gram

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Cocaine is also a stimulant but stronger than heroin. Cocaine is derived from coca leaves in the Andean highlands, South America. Cocaine can cause users to shrink their brain, premature brain, and reduced gray matter. In 1903, each Coca Cola glass bottle contained about 9mg of cocaine. However, the Coca Cola company replaced it with another substance extracted from coca leaves but was not able to cause addiction. Each gram of cocaine costs about 215 USD and its price is higher than heroin, because of its " purity " and nature.

8. LSD: $ 3,000 / gram

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Nervous and fatal addictive. The production process of this synthetic drug is quite difficult, which explains its price. This type of substance was very popular in the 1960s, now they are still expensive and many people still buy it.

7. Plutonium: $ 4,000 / gram

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A kind of heavy but fragile radioactive metal with a silver color. Its use differs from the production of nuclear weapons as fuel for spacecraft. There are two types of plutonium that can be used, either in military or nuclear reactors.

6. Painite: $ 9,000 / gram

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This Painite stone is very hard and extremely rare, very few people in the world really know its existence. It is a mineral that is orange or reddish brown and it was discovered only 65 years ago. Currently there are only a few hundred stones in the world.

5. Taaffeite: $ 20,000 / gram

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Taaffeite is a gemstone of purple, pink, red or white. It's a million times rarer than diamond, so it's like a legend. However, this uniqueness is uncommon when it comes to jewelry - and that's probably why it doesn't have relative prices.

4. Tritium: $ 30,000 / gram

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This gas is used in lighting - for example, in tritium lighting. It costs about $ 15 million to produce a tritium ring.

Do you see the EXIT sign outside the cinema door or in the work area? Tritium itself is what makes those signs glow. In the US alone, more than 2 million EXIT panels are used.

3. Diamond: $ 55,000 / gram

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Diamonds are the most famous gem on earth and are also good friends of any woman.

2. Californium: $ 25,000,000 - $ 27,000,000 / gram

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Californium isotopes are used in devices that look for oil and water in oil wells. Sticking to oil, the most expensive chemical element so far is not difficult to understand.

1. Antimatter - Antimatter: $ 62.5 trillion

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The most expensive substance on Earth! Producing a milligram of positron costs about 25 million USD. Theoretically, we will be able to use antimatter as fuel to bring people to explore the universe in the future. But the drawback is that today to make one gram of Antimatter, all mankind will have to work about a year without that rest.

Also: Marble marbles - $ 170 million

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Mining workers in Myanmar have found the largest gem in the world in a mine in the Kachin region of the north of this country. This stone is 14 feet tall and about 19 feet long and weighs about 200 tons. This beautiful jade stone will be sent to China, where it will be sculpted and attached to expensive jewelry.

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