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Old 04-23-2014, 12:46 PM   #1
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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.
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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.
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Old 04-23-2014, 12:55 PM   #2
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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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Old 04-23-2014, 01:02 PM   #3
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Looks exactly like a wooly mammoth molar. Are they sure it isn't a gold tooth from a pimped out wooly?
You are a nut. A nutty nutty nut.

I am quietly haggissing to myself.
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Old 04-23-2014, 01:07 PM   #4
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I didn't know 'quietly' was an option when haggising (haggissing?).

I also did not know gold was crystalline in nature.
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Old 04-23-2014, 02:19 PM   #5
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I had no idea gold was a crystal. I've seen fools gold as a crystal.

And haggissing sounds like it would involve flatulence.
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Old 04-23-2014, 02:21 PM   #6
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Pardon me, I have been off planet for a while. What is haggissing?
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Old 04-23-2014, 03:26 PM   #7
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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!"
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Old 04-23-2014, 03:28 PM   #8
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I think that's how it came about, anyway.
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Old 04-24-2014, 08:29 AM   #9
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Yes, that's it. It was me, on my old phone.
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Old 04-24-2014, 12:16 PM   #10
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I had no idea gold was a crystal. I've seen fools gold as a crystal.

And haggissing sounds like it would involve flatulence.
Only if you are loltose intolerant.
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Old 04-26-2014, 11:06 PM   #11
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Only if you are loltose intolerant.
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Old 04-27-2014, 05:56 AM   #12
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Looks exactly like a wooly mammoth molar. Are they sure it isn't a gold tooth from a pimped out wooly?
Just in case anyone missed this gem. We could lead the internet into the gangster mammoth world.
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Old 04-27-2014, 10:59 AM   #13
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Hmmm... Mammoth Gangster...

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