![]() ![]() An alpha ray/particle (if I recall correctly) is blocked by a piece of paper, but it takes yards and yards of cement or metal to block a gamma ray - and that's even if you can do it. Or call them particles instead of rays if you prefer.Īnyway, Each of these particles/rays has different penetrating power. In other words, you have alpha rays, beta rays, x-rays, gamma rays, etc. ![]() Now, with that in mind, if I may posit an impromptu hypothesis, and that is, not all radiation is created equal. In other words, radiation is somehow linked to the transformation of elements. The common theme, in all of the above, is radiation. ![]() Now, scientists of today know transmutation as possible, but only with select heavy elements, and only in atom smashers/cyclotrons/large hadron colliders - call them by whatever name you will.Īlso, there exist radioactive elements which, over (usually!) very long periods of time, decay or transmute, into lighter elements. This idea, back then, was called "Transmutation". This chart brings up the question of HOW exactly each element is created.Ī long time ago, in Alchemy, there was the idea that certain elements could be transformed into other elements by alchemical processes. Ore formation is its own fascinating subfield of geology, and is underappreciated by many advocates of space mining. Gold forms veins typically in quartzes through differential precipitation AFAIU. Events such as the hypothesized Tethys collision could of course also have influenced distribution. The Earth is mostly stratified: light rocky silicate crust, heavier (though also rocky) magnesium-silicate mantle, core of mostly nickle-iron and heavier elements, which formed during the iron catastrophe.Ĭrustal deposits of heavier minerals largely result from late bombardment (after the crust had formed, about 100 million years after Earth's formation itself), geothermal and tectonic activity (volcanism, rift zones, vents), and biological mobilisation and concentration (e.g., lighter elements in coal and limestone, but notably, banded iron formations). ![]()
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