platinum

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platinum
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UFP Historical Society
Symbol Pt
Atomic Weight 195.09
Atomic Number 78
Discovered 1557
First Appearance TOS 26 (9 Mar 1967)
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Platinum, element 78, was discovered in Italy on Earth in 1557.[1] Platinum was found in appreciable quantities on Janus VI.[2] Spock wanted gold to create a mnemonic memory circuit when he and Captain Kirk time traveled to 1930, but the pair did not have the money to buy any appreciable quantities of the metal.[3]

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