That’s why it’s valuable - it’s rare... If it was as common as aluminum it would be worth the same as aluminum...
“That’s why it’s valuable - it’s rare... If it was as common as aluminum it would be worth the same as aluminum...”
It is also prettier and doesn’t corrode.
Ironically, aluminum used to be more valuable than gold, because it was almost impossible to process. The Emperor Napoleon had a set of aluminum (gasp!) tableware, IIRC.
Then the Bessemer process was invented, and aluminum became commonplace.