[TML] Jewelry was Re: Personal Armor Noise

[Joseph Paul]

 >Kelly St.Clair wrote:
 >
 >> 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.
 >
 >Actually, I think the stuff actually in the heart of the star generally
 >stays there; what escapes is mostly outer layers.

Do we have stars that go boom and pretty much completely unravel ie leave no
core? Where is the Fe layer in a star?

If stellar fusion only goes up to Fe how do we get the elements heavier than
that?