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by hga 4026 days ago
Naw, or at least according to what I've been reading lately we get lithium and a number of other light elements from cosmic ray spallation: (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_ray_spallation so it's happening all the time.
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Reminded me how crazy it is that we're in a time where we've legitimized the fabled goal of alchemic transmutation - we can turn mercury to gold. Turns out the philosopher's stone was a particle accelerator.
Don't forget about the incomplete specification problem:

You wanted non-radioactive gold for your jewlery and dental fillings? Oops, sorry about that....

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotopes_of_gold)