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 | | Osmium (Greek osme meaning "a smell") was discovered in 1803 by Smithson Tennant inLondon, England along with iridium in the residue of dissolving platinum in aqua regia. |
 | | This transition metal is found in iridiosmium a naturally occurring alloy of iridium and osmium and in platinum -bearing river sands in the Ural Mountains, and North and SouthAmerica. |
 | | It is also occurs in nickel -bearing ores found in the Sudbury, Ontario region with other platinum group metals. |
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