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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clawcoins, post: 4897193, member: 77814&quot;]Yeah but we&#039;re talking the 1970s and 1980s here.</p><p>Wasn&#039;t it a byproduct of zinc (blame the 1982 cents) and coal processing.&nbsp; Which Coal by itself is much less used today in the US than back then.&nbsp; Which was still 3-4x more expensive than silver, but probably tarnishes less easily which was critical for rings with all those intricate details and Customer Satisfaction.</p><p><br /></p><p>but then, truthfully, it was a long time ago ... so ... it is what it is/was.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1181774[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5188/sir2012-5188.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5188/sir2012-5188.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5188/sir2012-5188.pdf</a></p><p><a href="https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/prd-wret/assets/palladium/production/mineral-pubs/historical-statistics/germanium-use.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/prd-wret/assets/palladium/production/mineral-pubs/historical-statistics/germanium-use.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/prd-wret/assets/palladium/production/mineral-pubs/historical-statistics/germanium-use.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>and as [USER=10461]@lordmarcovan[/USER]&nbsp; mentioned .... it should be easy to come by and grow if need be ==&gt;&nbsp; <a href="https://www.almanac.com/plant/geraniums#:~:text=Place%20plants%20in%20pots%20with,4%2D6%20hours%20of%20sunlight" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.almanac.com/plant/geraniums#:~:text=Place%20plants%20in%20pots%20with,4%2D6%20hours%20of%20sunlight" rel="nofollow">https://www.almanac.com/plant/geraniums#:~:text=Place plants in pots with,4-6 hours of sunlight</a>.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1181782[/ATTACH]</p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie14" alt=":angelic:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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