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  • Chromium is highly reactive, hence it is not found free in nature.
  • Ores of Chromites mineral are the major source of Chromium metal.
  • Almost 90% leather tanning is done with the help of chromium.
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of metals, Ores of Minerals
Louis Nicolas Vauquelin
In Between 1797 - 1798
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  • Ruthenium element has been extracted from used nuclear fuel.
  • Ruthenium metal also produces as a by-product of the Nickel mining.
By-product of Nickel Refining, Found in Minerals, Mining
Karl Ernst Claus
In 1844
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