[TML] Jewelry was Re: Personal Armor Noise

[Bruce Johnson]

On May 7, 2008, at 1:21 AM, Kelly St.Clair wrote:

> At 09:53 PM 5/5/2008, "Tom B" <kaladorn at gmail.com> wrote:
>> If there
>> was some magical 'Unobtanium' that looked half decent as jewellry,  
>> I'm
>> sure we'd end up buying settings made of it if it took some odd
>> circumstance to produce ("Can only come from the heart of a star!").
>
> Pretty much every atom heavier than helium - including the carbon that
> makes up both diamonds and us - was, at some point, in the heart of  
> a star.
>
> (And you guys are at least two days overdue for changing the subject  
> line.)

Strike 'pretty much'...

ALL elements heavier than Hydrogen were generated in stars or  
supernovas.


-- 
Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group

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