Platinum

/ˈplætɪnəm/ noun

Platinum is a dense, silvery-white metal that is rare, valuable, and resistant to rust, used in jewelry, electronics, and car parts.

From Spanish 'platina', a diminutive of 'plata' meaning 'silver', so 'platina' meant 'little silver'. Spanish colonists first saw it as an annoying impurity in silver mines.

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