The addition of these magnesium ounce bars is borderline comical. Given this metal’s low density on 3x3cm footprint you need a full inch worth of it to add up to an ounce. In hand, these hefty things feel more like a puck-like weapon than the image of a delicate ounce bar might conjure. It is, nevertheless an entirely satisfying sensation. Even more so when compared side by side with the nearly paper thin rhenium bars, presently our densest offering.

In its pure form magnesium is a delicate metal which can be easily dented and which is especially vulnerable to humidity. To keep it looking its best store it somewhere dry as moisture will rob it of its luster leaving instead a milky stain which looks like it could be wiped off but can’t really.