In 1819, on the gold mines near the Ural city of Nevyansk, scattering of some metal, nicknamed for gray "silver "

Locals quickly found the application of the find. One craftsman began to paint this & quot; silver & quot; And take it like gold. And the hunters, evaluating the density of the new metal, began to use its large grains as a fraction.

and only a few years later it turned out that they shoot at the ducks of platinum