By Priciest Sample (120)

Here are the elements sorted in order of the price of the most expensive sample of each.
I currently have a total of 2379 samples representing 118 different elements.

Click any element tile below to get the full entry for that element, or click on the sample picture to go directly to the description of that sample.

Text and images Copyright (c) 2010 by Theodore W. Gray.
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Indium
Indium Spool of indium wire
($765)

Source: eBay seller halide2
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 8 March, 2008
Text Updated: 8 March, 2008
Price: $765/4
Size: 4"
Purity: 99.99%
Radium
Radium Small Revigator
($425)

Source: eBay seller seaboo49
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 13 November, 2002
Text Updated: 2 December, 2008
Price: $425
Size: 10"
Purity: <0.1%
Sample Group: Medical
Helium
Helium Nelium-neon laser pointer
($300)

Source: Theodore Gray
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 28 February, 2009
Text Updated: 1 March, 2009
Price: $300
Size: 6"
Composition: HeNe
Neon
Neon Nelium-neon laser pointer
($300)

Source: Theodore Gray
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 28 February, 2009
Text Updated: 1 March, 2009
Price: $300
Size: 6"
Composition: HeNe
Polonium
Polonium Lone Ranger Spinthariscope Ring
($203)

Source: Theodore Gray
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 8 May, 2007
Text Updated: 19 May, 2007
Price: $203
Size: 1"
Purity: 20%
Sample Group: Spinthariscopes
Plutonium
Plutonium Empty nuclear battery
($162)

Source: eBay seller allthedodaday
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 10 November, 2004
Text Updated: 11 August, 2007
Price: $162
Size: 1.5"
Purity: 0%
Sample Group: Medical
Radon
Radon Electronic radon gas detector
($120)

Source: Catalog
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 29 April, 2009
Text Updated: 28 June, 2009
Price: $120
Size: 5"
Purity: 0%
Rhodium
Rhodium Questionable medallion
($107)

Source: eBay seller alpha-omegaman
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 11 March, 2009
Text Updated: 12 March, 2009
Price: $107
Size: 1.25"
Purity: <0.01%
Boron
Boron Compact flash card hard drive
($100)

Source: Electronics Store
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 28 February, 2009
Text Updated: 1 March, 2009
Price: $100
Size: 1.75"
Composition: AlSiCuCoFeNdB
Scandium
Scandium Dual-arc bulb
($94)

Source: eBay seller garden_supply
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 2 April, 2009
Text Updated: 3 April, 2009
Price: $94
Size: 12"
Purity: <2%
Astatine
Astatine Uranium ore inside a Revigator
($90)

Source: eBay seller bettyboop
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 13 November, 2002
Text Updated: 11 March, 2007
Price: $90
Size: 12"
Purity: <0.1%
Francium
Francium Poster sample
($90)

Source: eBay seller mineralman999
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 3 June, 2005
Text Updated: 4 May, 2007
Price: $90
Size: 0.5"
Purity: 0%
Actinium
Actinium Uranium ore inside a Revigator
($90)

Source: eBay seller bettyboop
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 13 November, 2002
Price: $90
Size: 12"
Purity: <0.1%
Protactinium
Protactinium Uranium ore inside a Revigator
($90)

Source: eBay seller bettyboop
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 13 November, 2002
Price: $90
Size: 12"
Purity: <0.1%
Argon
Argon Antique Violet Ray Machine
($67)

Source: eBay seller cacheofcoins
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 10 March, 2007
Text Updated: 29 January, 2009
Price: $67
Size: 12"
Purity: 0%
Sample Group: Medical
Promethium
Promethium Promethium luminous compass
($60)

Source: eBay seller ebms2006
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 28 February, 2009
Text Updated: 1 March, 2009
Price: $60
Size: 2.5"
Purity: 0%
Samarium
Samarium Guitar pickup
($60)

Source: eBay seller musicpartsguru
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 17 April, 2009
Text Updated: 17 April, 2009
Price: $60
Size: 3"
Purity: <30%
Americium
Americium Modern spinthariscope
($41)

Source: eBay seller geoelectronics
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 10 September, 2003
Text Updated: 11 August, 2007
Price: $41
Size: 4"
Purity: <0.1%
Sample Group: Spinthariscopes
Curium
Curium Marie Curie commemorative medal
($40)

Source: eBay seller mrherola
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 23 December, 2007
Text Updated: 23 December, 2007
Price: $40
Size: 2.75"
Purity: 0%
Europium
Europium Dendritic sample under oil
($39)

Source: Dave Hamric
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 20 September, 2005
Text Updated: 4 May, 2007
Price: $39
Size: 1"
Purity: 99.9%
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