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As atium is a god metal, it does not form naturally. The metal only came to exist when [[Preservation]] stole a chunk of Ruin's power and created the Pits of Hathsin, where atium grows in crystals, to deny Ruin's access of part of his power. During the Final Empire, atium is classified as one of the two high metals along with gold and was thought to be only accessible to [[Mistborn]]s. However, atium mistings did exist. Due to the scarcity of atium and the [[Lord Ruler]]'s intended misleading,{{cite}} such existence was unknown to most people until the exception of [[Yomen]] occurred. The [[Steel Ministry]] sometimes blend atium into food during a ball, to find out hidden atium mistings. These people can be used to make [[Steel Inquisitors]] or put to other usages. {{cite}}
 
Actually, the atium mistings are not natural. Supposedly, there are only 16sixteen kinds of mistingsMistings, one for each kind of basic metal. But Preservation altered this as a part of his plan to defeat Ruin. The atium mistingsMistings servesserve as a way to burn away Ruin's power without being effectedaffected so much by the destructive [[Shard|Intent]]. Also, when the [[mist]]s started to snap people, 1/16one sixteenth of them became [[Mistfallen]], whom were later found out to be atium mistings.
 
After the catacendre, Sazed changed the Allomantic table back to normal and atium mistingsMistings no longer existsexist.{{cite}}
 
=== Atium Mining ===
During the time of the [[Final Empire]], atium cancould only be mined at the [[Pits of Hathsin]], run by the noblenobles of [[House Venture]]. Several days before the fall of the Final Empire, because of [[Kelsier]]'s second visit to the pitsPits, the atium mine is destroyed.
 
After the [[catacendreCatacendre]], it is possible that atium still grows somewhere, but nothing is known about it.
 
== Trivia ==
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