Metal the word is a bit
like an anagram of "Temir".
"Temir means iron in several
Turkic languages."
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Iron & Sky
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Iron meteorite
and the ancient civilizations:
- "Ancient Egyptians called iron bja-n-pt,
which directly translates to 'metal of the sky'."
- "AN.BAR: A Sumerian logogram (written in
cuneiform) widely used in Hittite
administrative and diplomatic texts to
mean iron. Literally meaning 'sky-metal'
or something 'from the sky', it was often
associated with rare, celestial meteoric iron."
- "Ancient Greeks used the term diopetes (δἰοπετὲς),
which literally means 'falling from heaven' or
'fallen from Zeus' to describe objects and
stones that dropped from the sky."
- "The word diopetes: Derived from Dios
(of Zeus) and petes (falling)."
- "Proto-Celtic: isarnon or isarnom
(meaning 'strong' or 'holy metal')."
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So ancient Egyptians and Sumerians
called iron /ba/. Pardon me but
something like /ba/.
Free associations:
- Bee Keeper (Pharaohs)
- Benben stone
- Seba (star in ancient Egyptian)
- ābhā (light in Sanskrit)
- Abzû (𒀊𒍪, Ab is water)
- Bön religion
- Brahma
- Buddha
- 鑌鐵 (from Persia or India)
- Amber* Room (AN.BAR in cuneiform)
- Benzene
- Big bang
- Bang, bugs and /ba/
Guess a book? 🤪
(Guns, Germs, and Steel)
- Black shining
like the black slab in "2001:
A Space Odyssey". Or the black
goo in the Prometheus or Iphone.
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* Amber:
Amber in German is Bernstein,
which is translated to "burning
stone". Kind of like iron meteorite?
Related:
Burn burn burn!
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Amber in ancient Greek is
ēlektron, meaning "shining"
or "bright". Also "the root
for modern terms like electricity
and electron". Probably linked
to thunder god (Zeus) and the
iron meteorite from some
of the previous excerpts.
Micro - Macro 1
They see eye to eye:
Iron is the weapon of humans.
And the weapon of the pathogens
responsible for causing Black Death.
And the parasite responsible for
causing Malaria.
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Micro - Macro 2
(Meteoric) iron flying in the space.
Iron flowing in the blood.
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"Yersinia pestis is highly dependent on
iron for pathogenicity, as it needs iron
for essential functions like growth and
virulence. It acquires iron from the
host using several iron uptake systems..."
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"Malaria parasite needs iron to grow and
replicate, but iron deficiency can be
protective against severe malaria. The
parasite obtains iron by invading red blood
cells, which are rich in iron from hemoglobin."
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Related:
Bloodletting 🫣
Iron → Steel
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First remove Carbon (impurity),
then add Carbon,
with a very specific standard,
back to form Steel.
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Iron is brittle.
Steel is malleable.
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Steel + Chromiumn → Stainless Steel
.
Chromiumn (Graal)
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Iron gets over its biggest obsession -
Oxygen
to become invincible.
The journey of Iron.
The journey of Man.
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The journey of Ice and Fire.
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Iron ． Ayas अयस्
So how about other metals?
In my humble opinion, they are as
precious as iron. Basically all metals
are the "same". Iron is special because
it fits the Law of Thermodynamics
(Energy efficiency and availability?)
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More info:
"Iron is abundant in the universe
because it possesses one of the highest
nuclear binding energies, making it
the most stable atomic nucleus and
the final energy-yielding endpoint
of stellar fusion."
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"Iron-56 has a very tightly bound
nucleus. It requires less energy per
nucleon than almost any other element."
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"Fusing iron together does not release
energy; it consumes energy. Because of
this, stellar nuclear reactions
naturally stall at iron, forming a
distinct Iron peak of accumulated
matter in the cosmos."
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Iron is the true space-time traveler
in the universe (Space Odyssey).
As iron cools down in the void,
it is "crystalized".
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And crystals can store memories.
"Iron meteorites can fly through
space for millions to billions
of years before hitting Earth."
~ Google
So millions to billions of years
of memories... from far far
far away...
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Memories can be interpreted as
data or information.
Silicon chips that are used to
store data are crystals too.
Crystals arranged in a grid
(Matrix, Net).
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The extreme heat and pressure
melts and vaporizes the outer
surface of the iron meteorites.
So the "memories" could be
disseminating across the atmosphere
(Conservation of Information)?
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Thus AN.BAR (iron from the sky) and
amber in the movie "Jurassic Park"
both act as a fantastical, sealed
treasure chest to preserve the
ancient memories(informtion, data).
Waiting to be "freed".
The "oldest profession"
is mining. Come on!
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Mining is tightly coupled
with Geo-politics today.
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Came to mind:
Rare earth
Earth (one of the four Elements)
Magnet, Magnetism
Veins
Chemical or electro plating...
Mercury*
Mercury's superconductivity
Sulfur
alloy, melting point, fire
smelt
Gold - Au
Silver - Ag
Copper - Cu
Platinum - Pt
Iron - Fe
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Obsidian, black rock, Stone Age,
Wootz steel...
Fullerene(C60), football...
cell phone, Planet of the Apes...
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Metallurgy