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To: BushCountry
I hope they can tell the difference this time.

Half listening to the History Ch. tonight. A 14" or so cube of gold weighs around a ton...

16 posted on 08/04/2003 8:11:13 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: Calvin Locke
A 14" or so cube of gold weighs around a ton...

The only naturally-occuring elements denser than gold are Platinum, Osmium, and Iridium. It would probably be possible to make a tungsten-platinum allow which was as dense as gold; I don't know how the price of the alloy would compare to gold itself.

21 posted on 08/04/2003 8:38:59 PM PDT by supercat (TAG--you're it!)
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