welcome my sister-sons you’d need some
serious walking around money to score a
sample of these substances welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten
ridiculously expensive substances on
earth tritium are you crazy you’ll
destroy the city for this list we’re
considering natural and man-made
substances as long as they’re pricey doc
you don’t just walk into a store and buy
plutonium did you rip that off
however we are excluding street drugs
like heroin and cocaine because while
they are expensive they’re better suited
to a list of their own number ten
selearis we’re just starting our list
and already we’ve hit the pharmaceutical
jackpot known as akela zoom AB in the
medical world selearis is an artificial
inhibitor designed to complement the
antibodies that clear pathogens in
patients with certain rare blood
diseases specifically paroxysmal
nocturnal hemoglobinuria consider the
most expensive drug and production
worldwide it’s sold to medical
practitioners for a measly five thousand
dollars per 30 milliliters can you feel
it going in does it feel funny in your
hand no don’t feel like anything just
when you get the needle so how much
would it cost for the average American
oh around $400,000 for a year of
treatment most individuals will never be
given the drug as it’s only used in the
rarest of cases number nine gold I love
go highly sought-after by anyone who
longs for fortune and riches our next
entry has been pursued since ancient
times originally used as a form of
currency for trade between nations Gold
is just as desired now as it was during
the gold rush
due to its electrical conductivity and
its ease of handling and minting the
average price for your own pure piece of
the metal is roughly $40 per gram while
it’s now mainly used for jewelry and
investment purposes having gold is still
a status symbol for the upper-class face
it we all love
and it’s not hard to see why we carry
too much white we need to dump something
number eight platinum laughs no cool
don’t even think about it have enough
gold in your treasure chest then step up
to our next entry considered by many
professionals as a noble metal platinum
is used in many different industries
because of its strong resistance to
corrosion and low reactivity due to the
many different ways platinum can be used
it’s roughly thirteen hundred and
sixty-five dollars for only an ounce of
the stuff Platinum is everywhere
literally as its use in the catalytic
converters of cars means it’s present in
vehicle exhaust and dusts streets
worldwide it doesn’t stop there as
platinum has also been used in different
anti-cancer medications it’s a truly
versatile metal number seven diamond
who knew carbon could look so damn
appealing renowned worldwide for its
appearance and its low count of
impurities diamonds are yet another
symbol of the ruling class this may also
be the reality because for an authentic
diamond you could easily be expected to
shell out an average of $13,000 per
carat though now that price can rise to
over $33,000 according to some sources
while authentic diamonds are rarely
found in the Earth’s crust scientists
have created a process to create
synthetic diamonds diamonds may be a
girl’s best friend but they will also
quickly empty your pockets if you want
to get your hands on one legend says
rocks are brought together the diamonds
inside them glow diamonds damage number
6 tritium Harry Potter what do you want
precious tritium our next material only
exists because of space hydrogen’s third
and only radioactive isotope tritium is
most commonly synthesized though natural
tritium is created in the atmosphere
while interacting with cosmic rays due
to the complexity of the elements
creation natural tritium is extremely
rare and the price can skyrocket to as
high as thirty thousand dollars per gram
now what is tritium used for it’s a
common element in the enhancement of
fission bombs but it mainly powers those
self-lighting exit signs you see in
buildings just don’t go breaking them
open in hopes of getting rich quick is
this good driver to them so just start
trying it and breaking it open careful
not to actually shatter any of the tubes
containing tritium number five plutonium
this does lutonium nobody can handle it
without dying warning improper handling
of this chemical element may result in
loss of life this highly radioactive
metal is often used to make bombs
weapons-grade with the rating based upon
the amount of plutonium included need
something to go nuclear
feel free to shell out about forty
thousand dollars per gram or just steal
it from your friendly neighborhood
Libyan terrorists but believe us one
gram will never do unlike most of the
other entries on our list
finding plutonium is a rather common
occurrence thanks to the fission of
neutrons in the Earth’s surface but
don’t go selling it to the next warlord
that glances in your direction they want
me to build up a bomb so I took that
plutonium and in turn gave them a shiny
bomb KC full views pinball machine parts
number for taw fight on the Block in my
always sneaker
lord knows to my team Jesus please let’s
face it if you have disposable income
you may want some gems to show off to
your friends similar to a spinel tie
fight was discovered in 1945 and it’s
considered the rarest gemstone on earth
since it’s only been found naturally a
handful of times in 70 years due to its
rarity however top fight is used
exclusively as a gemstone and will cost
up to a cool twenty thousand dollars per
gram interesting fact the gem is the
only object that contains both beryllium
and magnesium naturally you must have
some serious dough if you can afford
even a gram of this brilliant stone
number three pay night need a different
more expensive gem to show off go for
our next mineral originally discovered
in the 1950s pay night is a non
radioactive mineral primarily composed
of calcium oxygen aluminum boron and
zirconium just how rare is it well for
the majority of the time that science
has been aware of pain it– just 25
crystals were known to exist does that
sound like it it cost a lot it should a
gram of pay night can cost upwards of
$300,000 so if you want to drain your
bank account quickly just find a guy who
can hook you up with some sweet sweet
pay night way some money if you ask me
number two californium 252 just cuz an
element doesn’t appear naturally doesn’t
mean it can’t be ridiculously expensive
an isotope of the artificial element
California californium 252 is
radioactive and highly unstable as a
result of the spontaneous fission of its
atoms while an exact price is not
available for public knowledge it’s
estimated that an individual would have
to spend an approximate 27 million
dollars for a single gram this is due to
the fact that 252 is used to start
nuclear reactors and to treat some
advanced types of cancer thanks to its
radioactive properties see radioactivity
isn’t always bad
number one antimatter one speck of
antimatter could power an entire city
for a month
or tonight I asked storable mainly
comprised of a collection of anti
particles antimatter is perhaps best
known as what keeps the enterprise’s
engine running on Star Trek
however it’s produced it could have
real-world uses in space travel weaponry
and medicine as the exact price of
antimatter is unknown it’s estimated
that it would cost an approximate 100
trillion dollars to synthesize only a
single gram this is due to the
difficulty of antimatter creation since
antimatter as individual anti particles
can only be created by using a particle
accelerator or in some rare cases as a
result of radioactive decay while this
limits our ability to traverse the
secrets of open space it doesn’t limit
our ambition or our imagination
everything you see around you the atoms
of your body the atoms of the stars are
nothing but leftovers leftovers from
this ancient collision between matter
and antimatter do you agree with our
list what’s your favorite expensive
substance for more sought-after top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com
serious walking around money to score a
sample of these substances welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten
ridiculously expensive substances on
earth tritium are you crazy you’ll
destroy the city for this list we’re
considering natural and man-made
substances as long as they’re pricey doc
you don’t just walk into a store and buy
plutonium did you rip that off
however we are excluding street drugs
like heroin and cocaine because while
they are expensive they’re better suited
to a list of their own number ten
selearis we’re just starting our list
and already we’ve hit the pharmaceutical
jackpot known as akela zoom AB in the
medical world selearis is an artificial
inhibitor designed to complement the
antibodies that clear pathogens in
patients with certain rare blood
diseases specifically paroxysmal
nocturnal hemoglobinuria consider the
most expensive drug and production
worldwide it’s sold to medical
practitioners for a measly five thousand
dollars per 30 milliliters can you feel
it going in does it feel funny in your
hand no don’t feel like anything just
when you get the needle so how much
would it cost for the average American
oh around $400,000 for a year of
treatment most individuals will never be
given the drug as it’s only used in the
rarest of cases number nine gold I love
go highly sought-after by anyone who
longs for fortune and riches our next
entry has been pursued since ancient
times originally used as a form of
currency for trade between nations Gold
is just as desired now as it was during
the gold rush
due to its electrical conductivity and
its ease of handling and minting the
average price for your own pure piece of
the metal is roughly $40 per gram while
it’s now mainly used for jewelry and
investment purposes having gold is still
a status symbol for the upper-class face
it we all love
and it’s not hard to see why we carry
too much white we need to dump something
number eight platinum laughs no cool
don’t even think about it have enough
gold in your treasure chest then step up
to our next entry considered by many
professionals as a noble metal platinum
is used in many different industries
because of its strong resistance to
corrosion and low reactivity due to the
many different ways platinum can be used
it’s roughly thirteen hundred and
sixty-five dollars for only an ounce of
the stuff Platinum is everywhere
literally as its use in the catalytic
converters of cars means it’s present in
vehicle exhaust and dusts streets
worldwide it doesn’t stop there as
platinum has also been used in different
anti-cancer medications it’s a truly
versatile metal number seven diamond
who knew carbon could look so damn
appealing renowned worldwide for its
appearance and its low count of
impurities diamonds are yet another
symbol of the ruling class this may also
be the reality because for an authentic
diamond you could easily be expected to
shell out an average of $13,000 per
carat though now that price can rise to
over $33,000 according to some sources
while authentic diamonds are rarely
found in the Earth’s crust scientists
have created a process to create
synthetic diamonds diamonds may be a
girl’s best friend but they will also
quickly empty your pockets if you want
to get your hands on one legend says
rocks are brought together the diamonds
inside them glow diamonds damage number
6 tritium Harry Potter what do you want
precious tritium our next material only
exists because of space hydrogen’s third
and only radioactive isotope tritium is
most commonly synthesized though natural
tritium is created in the atmosphere
while interacting with cosmic rays due
to the complexity of the elements
creation natural tritium is extremely
rare and the price can skyrocket to as
high as thirty thousand dollars per gram
now what is tritium used for it’s a
common element in the enhancement of
fission bombs but it mainly powers those
self-lighting exit signs you see in
buildings just don’t go breaking them
open in hopes of getting rich quick is
this good driver to them so just start
trying it and breaking it open careful
not to actually shatter any of the tubes
containing tritium number five plutonium
this does lutonium nobody can handle it
without dying warning improper handling
of this chemical element may result in
loss of life this highly radioactive
metal is often used to make bombs
weapons-grade with the rating based upon
the amount of plutonium included need
something to go nuclear
feel free to shell out about forty
thousand dollars per gram or just steal
it from your friendly neighborhood
Libyan terrorists but believe us one
gram will never do unlike most of the
other entries on our list
finding plutonium is a rather common
occurrence thanks to the fission of
neutrons in the Earth’s surface but
don’t go selling it to the next warlord
that glances in your direction they want
me to build up a bomb so I took that
plutonium and in turn gave them a shiny
bomb KC full views pinball machine parts
number for taw fight on the Block in my
always sneaker
lord knows to my team Jesus please let’s
face it if you have disposable income
you may want some gems to show off to
your friends similar to a spinel tie
fight was discovered in 1945 and it’s
considered the rarest gemstone on earth
since it’s only been found naturally a
handful of times in 70 years due to its
rarity however top fight is used
exclusively as a gemstone and will cost
up to a cool twenty thousand dollars per
gram interesting fact the gem is the
only object that contains both beryllium
and magnesium naturally you must have
some serious dough if you can afford
even a gram of this brilliant stone
number three pay night need a different
more expensive gem to show off go for
our next mineral originally discovered
in the 1950s pay night is a non
radioactive mineral primarily composed
of calcium oxygen aluminum boron and
zirconium just how rare is it well for
the majority of the time that science
has been aware of pain it– just 25
crystals were known to exist does that
sound like it it cost a lot it should a
gram of pay night can cost upwards of
$300,000 so if you want to drain your
bank account quickly just find a guy who
can hook you up with some sweet sweet
pay night way some money if you ask me
number two californium 252 just cuz an
element doesn’t appear naturally doesn’t
mean it can’t be ridiculously expensive
an isotope of the artificial element
California californium 252 is
radioactive and highly unstable as a
result of the spontaneous fission of its
atoms while an exact price is not
available for public knowledge it’s
estimated that an individual would have
to spend an approximate 27 million
dollars for a single gram this is due to
the fact that 252 is used to start
nuclear reactors and to treat some
advanced types of cancer thanks to its
radioactive properties see radioactivity
isn’t always bad
number one antimatter one speck of
antimatter could power an entire city
for a month
or tonight I asked storable mainly
comprised of a collection of anti
particles antimatter is perhaps best
known as what keeps the enterprise’s
engine running on Star Trek
however it’s produced it could have
real-world uses in space travel weaponry
and medicine as the exact price of
antimatter is unknown it’s estimated
that it would cost an approximate 100
trillion dollars to synthesize only a
single gram this is due to the
difficulty of antimatter creation since
antimatter as individual anti particles
can only be created by using a particle
accelerator or in some rare cases as a
result of radioactive decay while this
limits our ability to traverse the
secrets of open space it doesn’t limit
our ambition or our imagination
everything you see around you the atoms
of your body the atoms of the stars are
nothing but leftovers leftovers from
this ancient collision between matter
and antimatter do you agree with our
list what’s your favorite expensive
substance for more sought-after top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com
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