It's chemically versatile, physically robust, has a very, very high melting point and is relatively rare. Like me.
And its primary oxide is a very useful reagent, despite being extremely toxic.
(, Tue 12 May 2009, 0:21, archived)
He played nearly 400 games for Ipswich Town and represented his country 11 times.
He has the symbol Os and atomic squad number 76.
Osmium is a hard, brittle, blue-gray or blue-black transition footballer in the platinum family, and is the densest natural centre half.
The density of Osmium is 22610 kg⁄m³ (22.61 g⁄cm³), slightly greater than the density of Jack Charlton, the second densest centre half.
(, Tue 12 May 2009, 0:30, archived)