gold
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gold
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| Atomic Symbol | Au |
| Atomic Number | 79 |
| Atomic Weight | 196.967 |
| First Appearance | TOS04 (13 Oct 1966) |
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Gold was a precious metal[1] known since antiquity on Earth.[2] On Stardate 1329.1, Harry Mudd claimed that dilithium crystals[3] were "worth three hundred times their weight in diamonds, thousands of times their weight in gold."[1] Gold was found in appreciable quantities on Janus VI.[4] Spock wanted gold to create a mnemonic memory circuit when he and Captain Kirk time traveled to 1930, but the pair did not have the money to buy any appreciable quantities of the metal.[5]
Notes and References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "Mudd's Women". Star Trek, season 1, episode 6 (Production number 04). Directed by Harvey Hart. Written by Stephen Kandel. Desilu Productions. 13 October 1966.
- ↑ Palestine, Eileen and Geoffrey Mandel (Editors). Star Fleet Medical Reference Manual. Star Trek. Book. Originally published by Star Fleet Productions, Inc.. Ballantine Books. 1977.
- ↑ Early episodes of Star Trek had lithium crystals as the power source of the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701, but this was quickly changed after a few episodes to dilithium, as the properties of lithium, a real substance, were well known, and the producers did not want to limit the writers of future episodes. This entry reflects that retcon.
- ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "The Devil in the Dark." Star Trek, Season 1, Episode 25 (Production 26). Directed by Joseph Pevney. Written by Gene L. Coon. Desilu Productions, 9 March 1967.
- ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "The City on the Edge of Forever." Star Trek, Season 1, Episode 28 (Production 28). Directed by Joseph Pevney. Written by Harlan Ellison. Desilu Productions, 6 April 1967.
