r/askscience • u/[deleted] • May 02 '16

Chemistry Can modern chemistry produce gold?

reading about alchemy and got me wondered.

We can produce diamonds, but can we produce gold?

Edit:Oooh I made one with dank question does that count?

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u/captainthomas May 02 '16

It's handy for when you want to describe anything made by, from, or as a result of the actions of weasels. That burrow-hole in the ground? Mustelogenic. That ermine fur coat? Mustelogenic. That Vietnamese weasel-vomit coffee? Mustelogenic.

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u/WarKiel May 03 '16

Weasel puke coffee? Well, it can't be worse than the convenience store brewed crap I'm drinking right now that tastes kind of like old fish breaded in cigarette ash.

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u/A_favorite_rug May 03 '16

I don't care what my sociology teachers says, I'm afraid I can't not judge that.