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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Brett_in_Sacto, post: 2244207, member: 71510&quot;]I bought 2 grams of palladium at a huge markup ($10/gram premium) anticipating using them to smelt some 18k white gold for my wife&#039;s wedding ring.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>That was before I looked up the melting temperature of palladium (whoops...).</p><p><br /></p><p>That is truly an *industrial* metal.</p><p><br /></p><p>I ended up using nickel and silver to cut it down to 18k.</p><p><br /></p><p>The other lesson learned is that there is really no other use for it unless you are a high end jeweler or computer manufacturer.&nbsp; They don&#039;t mint coins from it, it&#039;s rare to use in hand made jewelry, and it really doesn&#039;t have the investment appeal of the more common metals like gold and silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, you find the right opportunity - it&#039;s still a valuable commodity.&nbsp; For the most part there are huge premiums on small quantity and limited demand from the average PM investor.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have 2 grams of it that will probably remain with me until I die unless someone wants to pay me a ridiculous premium as well.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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