  Atomium souvenir. 
The Atomium is a very, very strange building (if you can call it that) built for the World's Fair in Brussels, Belgium in 1958.  Visit their website to see a lot of pictures of this most peculiar construction.  For a while they were selling aluminum panels removed from the building during its renovation in 2005, but I couldn't get one of those, so I had to settle for this souvenir from the grand opening.  I have Atomium-related items listed under iron because it is said to have been based on the crystal structure of iron. 
Source: eBay seller tnp5659 
Contributor: Theodore Gray 
Acquired: 10 December, 2005 
Text Updated: 11 August, 2007 
Price: $40 
Size: 3" 
Purity: >90%
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