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[Undertoad]

And assuming that there is no effective testing method to identify gold from "almost gold".

Gold is an element, and is hard to fake and impossible to create.

(I think that sentence may be the conclusion of several centuries of the history of chemistry)

If they have worked out a way to improve copper's conductivity that would be nice. They aren't making gold or anything that will fool anybody into thinking it is gold.

[slang]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Gold is an element, and is hard to fake and impossible to create.

Yes. And the DUX ( spectrum analyzer ) would detect anything other than the element, gold. Yes. Good point.

If there were another element or even a "new" element included with a test sample it would be known very quickly.

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Gold is an element, and is hard to fake and impossible to create.

You could make an atom or two with fusion in a supercollider, but for mass production you need a supernova.

[slang]

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

You could make an atom or two with fusion in a supercollider, but for mass production you need a supernova.

What would you guess the production might be if you were able to harness the energy of a supernova?

A gold nugget the size of Puerto Rico or the size of Alaska?

Maybe something in between.

[fargon]

Originally Posted by slang

A gold nugget the size of Puerto Rico or the size of Alaska?

That would just make Gold very cheap.