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good post, but it seemed like he dismissed "tungsten" far too lightly ("And in the direction of whimsical, there are also words like Tungsten"). it seems like t
by zem 14y ago
good post, but it seemed like he dismissed "tungsten" far too lightly ("And in the direction of whimsical, there are also words like Tungsten"). it seems like the best choice to me - it has the "wolfram" association, as well as fitting in with the general mineral theme while differentiating itself from the gemstone cluster. also it's easy to pronounce and rolls off the tongue fairly readily.
- jerf 14y agoYou beat me by one minute. Tungsten works for me. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tungsten https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tungsten - "Tungsten, also known as wolfram... the free element is remarkable for its robustness, especially the fact that it has the highest melting point of all the non-alloyed metals and the second highest of all the elements after carbon. Also remarkable is its high density of 19.3 times that of water, comparable to that of uranium and gold, and much higher (about 1.7 times) than that of lead.... It is the heaviest element known to be used by any living organism." Not bad.