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3Mind you, why "gold" would have a "complicated quantum structure" is somewhat beyond me... must have a Star Trek Plot Writer's special scientific capability to figure it out I guess.– DVK-on-Ahch-ToCommented Jan 8, 2012 at 19:14
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Nice answer, though I'm not sure it really answers the question. For one, deuterium is a simple isotope of hydrogen, so its structure is not complex. Even so, though, if the data has to be stored in some way for the transporter, why couldn't the transporter be used to rematerialize multiple copies of whatever it was that it dematerialized? And what of the questions relating to The Omega Directive?– Adam RobinsonCommented Jan 8, 2012 at 19:17
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7Wait, why is gold in that list? It can be replicated, that's why latinum replaced it as currency– IzkataCommented Jan 8, 2012 at 20:10
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@Izkata - Wikipedia reference updated to reflect changes– ValorumCommented Aug 2, 2014 at 15:40
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