{"product_id":"beryllium-999-1-oz-bar","title":"Beryllium .999 1 oz Bar","description":"\u003cp\u003eUntil the day we come out with one made out of plutonium we’re pretty confident this will be the most expensive non-precious metal bar we’ll ever offer. Justifying its cost is a little more complex than writing it off as “because it’s rare”.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo be sure, it is pretty damn rare. The US government classifies beryllium a strategic metal and has taken the trouble to stockpile 74 tons of this critical resource. Maybe that sounds like a lot until you consider that a mining truck could carry that in one load with room to spare. More than simply a matter of abundance it’s the gauntlet of steps from bucketfuls of ore to finished product. The extraction is said to be especially difficult and then processing it into a metal is a complicated mess because its dusts are toxic. The number of OSHA rules that need to be observed to make so much as a screw is probably enough to make a grown engineer cry like a baby! Then, as a final insult, beryllium is a real [edit: “female dog”] to work with. It is so hard that it breaks ordinary tools and even hardened steel dies like the one used in the making of this bar wear out quickly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn sum, we have commissioned just five of these bars with the project’s bill clocking in at several thousand dollars. At a grand each we know that that’s a bank breaker for most collectors but, you know, we just \u003cstrong\u003eneeded \u003c\/strong\u003ethe bragging rights of being first to market with a stamped bullion bar of this exotic metal. Mission accomplished :-D\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Luciteria","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47746604826789,"sku":"Be1oz","price":1000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8833\/6805\/files\/DSC_2107_9f446cea-327a-4ae1-9d8f-bb509fb6f396.webp?v=1778165773","url":"https:\/\/luciteria.com\/products\/beryllium-999-1-oz-bar","provider":"Luciteria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}