On: The Longest Record Broken: Gold/Silver Ratio Hits Highest in Over 5,000 Years

[Symmetry]

Bismuth is priced at $.39 per gram, copper at $.0074. I would bet gold would end up somewhere in that range or so as opposed to the $48 per gram it's at now.

[DubiousPusher → Symmetry]

No because it's much more rare. All the gold mined in the history of the world could fit into one moderately sized warehouse.

190,000 tons of gold mined in the history of the world vs. 700,000,000 tons of copper.

[Symmetry → DubiousPusher]

Well, we've mined 320,000 tons of bismuth so that's probably a better comparison than copper. This is all just to get a wide ballpark estimate.

[neuronic → Symmetry]

Looking forward to Bismuth necklaces and Bismuth dental crowns.

[Symmetry → neuronic]

Bismuth has low toxicity for a heavy metal but I think I'd recommend skipping the dental crowns. Bismuth makes very pretty dangly bits handing off earring or necklaces though.

https://www.google.com/search?q=bismuth+jewelry

[logfromblammo → Symmetry]

Gold is valued because it doesn't tarnish. Bismuth, on the other hand, becomes beautiful only with a patina of oxide.