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Could lab-made gold crash prices like diamonds? US start-up says it turned mercury into gold

Little-known San Francisco start-up Marathon Fusion says it has turned mercury into stable gold at ten times the rate of CERN's record, raising a question that has haunted the diamond trade: could…

  • Marathon Fusion claims to have converted mercury into stable gold.
  • Process involves firing neutrons at mercury to create unstable gold.
  • If proven, could produce 5 tonnes of gold annually per gigawatt.

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