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I wonder how widely the isotopic signature method could be applied. Precious metals don't tend to ever get thrown away. Could we trace the flow of all gold and
by jl6 3y ago
I wonder how widely the isotopic signature method could be applied. Precious metals don't tend to ever get thrown away. Could we trace the flow of all gold and silver throughout history? Could we tell the difference between "clean" gold and gold that has been melted down from nazi loot or the Jules Rimet trophy?
- porkbeer 3y agoApparently we can date any hot formed metal to pre/post nuclear age thanks to background radiation not present in unmined, or underwater metals. Determining origin of metals once melted is haed unless it has a unique formation, or unique impurities. But you would need to know them before hand.