On Christmas Eve in 1800, English scientist William Hyde Wollaston and his colleague Smithson Tennant, unwrapped a gift - to themselves. It was a piece of practically pure platinum ore, secretly purchased and smuggled from the Spanish colony of Nueva Granada in South America (Colombia right now) for £795 ($1,051.Ninety nine in 1800 - price $23,206.23 right now).Generally, Rhodium Shouldn't be Harmful...