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To: TobagoJack who wrote (95096)9/30/2012 1:51:58 AM
From: Snowshoe  Read Replies (1) of 217553
 
>>i am now ready to travel monday midnight to queensland's gold fields.<<

Here's some light travel reading if you want it, a layman's book of stories about various elements. The title refers to the metal gallium, which melts at 29.77 °C (85.59 °F). The joke is to fabricate gallium spoons and use them for serving tea to unsuspecting guests...

The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
amazon.com

From this book I learned of the vampirish metal tellurium, which was discovered in Transylvania. It forms the most notable natural chemical compounds with gold.
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