Was written: > I had remembered (alas, a false memory) that Aluminum had > been refined and made into a gift (baby rattle) for a > French prince ... 1700's, 1600's ... one of those. > Truth to tell I thought that it has been purified from cryolite a bit earlier and was rather surprised that it was "discovered" so late. Daniel mka Daniel C. Phelps, P.G.