Talk:Gadolinium Gallium Garnet

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Can someone with a better knowledge of minerals clarify this page? The current author of the page seems to think that Gadolinium Gallium Garnet does not exist. The WP page seems to imply that it does exist (Gadolinium gallium garnet), but describes it as Gd₃Ga₅O₁₂, which according to WP is not a garnet because it is not a silicate of the form X₃Y₂(SiO₄)₃. Bongolian (talk) 04:41, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

Cheers, I didn't realise this was actually a thing, thanks for adding the reference Deku-shrub (talk) 17:05, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

GGG is a form of synthetic garnet (see that section of the WP article) like YAG and YIG, where some other atom takes the place of the silicon. If you rewrite the formula Gd₃Ga₂(GaO₄)₃, this becomes more visible. I can tidy it up a bit more (the names and formulae of GGG and GGO are swapped, I think). Nowhere Man (talk) 22:27, 28 September 2016 (UTC)

Just because I was attempting humour does not make my point about the dates being rather old invalid. 82.44.143.26 (talk) 17:18, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

Sorry, I didn't see the humor. You can put it back if you want. Bongolian (talk) 17:26, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

Whoever made the paste is as dense as the storage medium --71.90.193.174 (talk) 14:27, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

Ah well, the author of the paste starts with »The following is a theoretical data storage method […]«, makes it seem less ridiculous than the introduction would have you believe and disqualifies it as a urban legend IMHO. I would say if such a storage were developed further after the initial generations it could show qualities for example in resistance to electromagnetic fields and temperature which easily qualifies it as a black project. So, of course nobody knows about it. 2A02:8070:638A:C3E0:E40E:2EA9:563F:F028 (talk) 16:51, 26 December 2023 (UTC)