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April 24, 2014: Gold Crystal
A single crystal of gold weighing 7.7 ounces.
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It's the size of a golf ball, but a lot more valuable: Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory's Lujan Neutron Scattering Center have verified that a heavy piece of gold, found years ago in Venezuela, is, in fact, a single crystal of the valuable element — and it's worth an estimated $1.5 million. The lump of gold, which weighs 217.78 grams (about 7.7 ounces), was brought to Los Alamos to confirm whether it was a single crystal of gold, or a more common multiple-crystal structure. "The structure or atomic arrangement of gold crystals of this size has never been studied before, and we have a unique opportunity to do so," Miami University geologist John Rakovan said in a statement. |
Actually I believe that should be 7.0 ounces, as gold in measured in 31.1 gram Troy ounces, rather than 28.35 Avoirdupois ounces.
glatt Wednesday Apr 23 01:55 PM
Looks exactly like a wooly mammoth molar. Are they sure it isn't a gold tooth from a pimped out wooly?
footfootfoot Wednesday Apr 23 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by glatt
Looks exactly like a wooly mammoth molar. Are they sure it isn't a gold tooth from a pimped out wooly?
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I am quietly haggissing to myself.
Gravdigr Wednesday Apr 23 02:07 PM
I didn't know 'quietly' was an option when haggising (haggissing?).
I also did not know gold was crystalline in nature.
glatt Wednesday Apr 23 03:19 PM
I had no idea gold was a crystal. I've seen fools gold as a crystal.
And haggissing sounds like it would involve flatulence.
blueboy56 Wednesday Apr 23 03:21 PM
Pardon me, I have been off planet for a while. What is haggissing?
Gravdigr Wednesday Apr 23 04:26 PM
A Cellar Dwellar was trying to type 'haha' on their phone. The phone autocorrected 'haha' into 'haggis'.
It's meant as a Cellar-alternative to LOL.
For instance, if a rooster stabbed you in the privates with his beak, you might post:
"I've been pecked in the pecker by a pecker pecker!"
And some clever Dwellar might post:
"Haggis!"
Gravdigr Wednesday Apr 23 04:28 PM
I think that's how it came about, anyway.
infinite monkey Thursday Apr 24 09:29 AM
Yes, that's it. It was me, on my old phone.
footfootfoot Thursday Apr 24 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by glatt
I had no idea gold was a crystal. I've seen fools gold as a crystal.
And haggissing sounds like it would involve flatulence. |
monster Sunday Apr 27 12:06 AM
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Originally Posted by footfootfoot
Only if you are loltose intolerant.
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Griff Sunday Apr 27 06:56 AM
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Originally Posted by glatt
Looks exactly like a wooly mammoth molar. Are they sure it isn't a gold tooth from a pimped out wooly?
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xoxoxoBruce Sunday Apr 27 11:59 AM
Hmmm... Mammoth Gangster...
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