April 24, 2014: Gold Crystal

A single crystal of gold weighing 7.7 ounces.

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.

Looks exactly like a wooly mammoth molar. Are they sure it isn't a gold tooth from a pimped out wooly?

glatt;897507 wrote:

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.

I didn't know 'quietly' was an option when haggising (haggissing?).

I also did not know gold was crystalline in nature.

I had no idea gold was a crystal. I've seen fools gold as a crystal.

And haggissing sounds like it would involve flatulence.

Pardon me, I have been off planet for a while. What is haggissing?

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!"

I think that's how it came about, anyway.

;)

Yes, that's it. It was me, on my old phone.

glatt;897513 wrote:

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.

footfootfoot;897584 wrote:

Only if you are loltose intolerant.

*snort*

glatt;897507 wrote:

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.

Hmmm... Mammoth Gangster...