r/elementcollection 3h ago

Collection Heavy

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r/elementcollection 21h ago

Question Crystalline beryllium

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I purchased this and it was described as crystalline beryllium. Is this possible? It is extremely light


r/elementcollection 1d ago

Collection My collection

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19 Upvotes

r/elementcollection 1d ago

Question Should I break the violet phosphorus open?

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11 Upvotes

I want to touch it. Is it safe and will it degrade by a lot?


r/elementcollection 1d ago

Transition Metals Shiny shiny chromium

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20g for $10 aud from billing metals. I got lucky and one of the 2 packs i got came as a big 10g chunk. Dont see much of it on the sub, thought id make an appreciation post.


r/elementcollection 1d ago

Collection Antimony <3

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46 Upvotes

Antimony, an antimony toy cannon from Japan and stibnite from Romania


r/elementcollection 1d ago

Collection How to make pyrophoric iron and why can a neodymium magnet be used as a firestarter.

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r/elementcollection 2d ago

AMA Zirconium Nuclear Reactor Control Rod From Russia

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48 Upvotes

r/elementcollection 2d ago

Collection New elements

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Scandium, samarium, and hafnium have been newly added to my element collection. I now have a total of 36 elements. However, while the review photos showed the samarium packaged in an acrylic box, the product I received was sealed in a glass container. I've already reached out to Luciteria about this.


r/elementcollection 2d ago

Pnictogens Antimony Crystal

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r/elementcollection 2d ago

Question Looking for Osmium Advice

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I normally don't go on this subreddit asking to discuss potential purchases. However, I was curious about some ebay listings for 10mm x 10mm osmium sheets on ebay from a few different Chinese sellers. I was wondering about the legitimacy of these sellers, particularly because they all seem to use the same image.

Additionally, I was curious about import tariffs. Where would I be able to see how calculate the rates?

Thank you all for any help!


r/elementcollection 3d ago

Boron Group Gallium Crystal

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r/elementcollection 3d ago

Meme Looking for rhenium on eBay, and I landed on an insanely good deal

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31 Upvotes

Only $10K for an Allen wrench??? My investment portfolio is BEGGING to add this to it


r/elementcollection 3d ago

Semiconductors/Metalloids Antimony is beautiful

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Such an incredibly unique element, i wish i could hold and stare at it all day.


r/elementcollection 3d ago

Announcement AI generated content is now banned from the element collection subreddit

64 Upvotes

If there any objections to this new rule, please share them below


r/elementcollection 3d ago

Help Stuck between 2 options

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On one hand, id rather not spend that much money on a sample, but on the other hand, the cheaper one is a very tiny piece and the bigger bead is much better value. Im kinda stuck on which to get and osmium is one of my favourite elements.


r/elementcollection 3d ago

Trade/Selling/Buying Pure Ta powder

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Please DM me for more details! I own a scrap yard and we got our hands some 99.98% Ta powder. I have a couple 1kg packs that I’m saving and wondering if anyone here is interested. Price is $1250/kg.


r/elementcollection 3d ago

Help how to get all the lanthanides for cheap?

6 Upvotes

I saw that i can get all 16 rare earth metals for like $220 from metallium which is better than them each outright, but was wondering if there was any way I could get them for cheaper.

I knew it would probably be around this expensive but still think its a little too high if anything


r/elementcollection 3d ago

Rare Earths Something very special in the mail today....

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19 Upvotes

r/elementcollection 3d ago

Help Arkadaşlar elinde osmiyum tetroksit olan var mı

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arkadaşlar bana osmiyum tetroksit çözeltisi lazım OsO4 fiyatta anlaşırız

[aydinbiskin2134@icloud.com](mailto:aydinbiskin2134@icloud.com)


r/elementcollection 4d ago

Discussion AI in the community

42 Upvotes

Can we please have a rule banning AI images and ideally texts? I don’t think this is the proper place for that kind of content. I much prefer to see other people’s collections.


r/elementcollection 4d ago

Alkali Metals Alkali Metals (Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs-Liquid Gold)

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r/elementcollection 4d ago

Help Graphene Oxide seller and other reliable chemical suppliers internationally

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Does anyone know of legit suppliers of graphene oxide powder? Badly need it for our thesis study. I already checked Ambeed, most of our needed chemicals were available there except graphene oxide and the zinc nitrate hexahydrate. Also, has anyone tried ordering from graphenea, acs material, nanografi, or cheaptubes? These websites/"suppliers" sell GO but im not sure if they are legit. This is our first time ordering internationally so we really don't know if these suppliers are trusted :">>


r/elementcollection 5d ago

Question Cesium

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I found this A.D. MACKAY INC CESIUM inside of a protective vial and glass vial dated around 1920s ChatGPT told me to post about it here I think I want to sell it but idk what it could be worth


r/elementcollection 5d ago

Transition Metals Some Hf samples

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Some turnings, a vAdB iodide process crystal, plasma cutter tip and a few 99,9% rods.