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Precious metals are rare, naturally occurring metallic chemical elements of high economic value.

Chemically, the precious metals tend to be less reactive than most elements (see noble metal).

They are usually ductile and have a high lustre.

Historically, precious metals were important as currency but are now regarded mainly as investment and industrial raw materials.

Gold, silver, platinum, and palladium each have an ISO 4217 currency code.

Better Business Bureau (BBB) is a private, 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization founded in 1912.

BBB's self-described mission is to focus on advancing marketplace trust, consisting of 97 independently incorporated local BBB organizations in the United States and Canada, coordinated under the International Association of Better Business Bureaus (IABBB) in Arlington, Virginia.

Canada is a country in North America.

Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's second-largest country by total area, with the world's longest coastline.

Its border with the United States is the world's longest international land border.

The country is characterized by a wide range of both meteorologic and geological regions.

It is sparsely inhabited, with the vast majority residing south of the 55th parallel in urban areas.

Canada's capital is Ottawa and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver.

Diamond is a solid form of the element carbon with its atoms arranged in a crystal structure called diamond cubic.

Another solid form of carbon known as graphite is the chemically stable form of carbon at room temperature and pressure, but diamond is metastable and converts to it at a negligible rate under those conditions.

Diamond has the highest hardness and thermal conductivity of any natural material, properties that are used in major industrial applications such as cutting and polishing tools.

They are also the reason that diamond anvil cells can subject materials to pressures found deep in the Earth.

Of all the precious metals, gold is the most popular as an investment.

Investors generally buy gold as a way of diversifying risk, especially through the use of futures contracts and derivatives.

The gold market is subject to speculation and volatility as are other markets.

Compared to other precious metals used for investment, gold has been the most effective safe haven across a number of countries.