Transition metal · element 77
Iridium
Survives anything. Found in the layer that killed the dinosaurs.
Only 0.5% of people are Iridium. (estimated)
If you're Iridium
You are the most corrosion-proof thing there is. Fire, acid, time, the end of the world: you come out the other side unchanged.
Iridium resists every acid, and a thin iridium-rich layer of rock worldwide marks the asteroid that ended the dinosaurs.
How to get along with Iridium
Do
- Trust them to survive anything, including you.
- Give them the acid tests.
- Enjoy the rainbow you get at the right angle.
Don't
- Don't assume nothing gets to them; nothing shows.
- Don't expect them to change for the era.
When it goes wrong: They came through the asteroid. Your argument won't be the thing that dents them.
Atomic profile
Every element is placed on six personality dimensions derived from its chemistry. Your answers are placed on the same six, and the closest element wins. How the scoring works
- Reactivity
- 1
- Sociability
- 4
- Stability
- 10
- Energy
- 2
- Rarity
- 9
- Warmth
- 6
Iridium in literature
- Athena — The Odyssey, Homer (700 BCE)
- Wilhelm Tell — William Tell, Friedrich Schiller (1804)
- The Widow Douglas — Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain (1884)
Characters from public-domain works, chosen for the same traits. Company, not a verdict.
Closest personalities
The elements whose profiles sit nearest to Iridium's. If you got Iridium, one of these was probably your runner-up.
Other transition metals
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