• Rodeo@lemmy.ca
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    10 months ago

    Gold also isn’t all that rare. It’s value is so high because of jewelry marketing, not rarity.

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      10 months ago

      You may be confusing with diamonds. Gold is, and in fact, any element heavier than iron are pretty rare because they cannot be created by stars alone according to current models, they need more extreme and rare astrophysics phenomenons like supernova and black holes.