5/6/2002 11:07:34 AM, "James M. Ray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>The problem is that aside from gold and copper (that I can think of anyway) >most metals are probably best described as 'silvery.' Hmm. And both gold >and >copper are known to occasionally appear in pure or almost-pure form >naturally, >though I don't know what that weird factoid has to do with anything. >JMR Fascinating observation. Gold and copper are both yellowish, yet one is rare and the other is common. Nobody ever finds a silver or platinum "nugget", but they do find gold and copper nuggets. Indeed, why would gold and copper, with atoms that absorb a lot of blue light, be more likely to occur in pure form than silver and platinum, with atoms that reflect blue light? I bet there is some relation, albeit indirect. Perhaps there's an underlying physical property that causes BOTH "nuggetization" and "yellowness". :-) -- Patrick --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
