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   From: dtravel@sonic.net   
      
   On 8/22/2022 2:28 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:   
   > Dimensional Traveler  wrote:   
   >> On 8/22/2022 11:07 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:   
   >>> anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:   
   >>>> A Friend  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>> I just looked at the script for Mudd's Women, and Kirk doesn't mention   
   >>>>> gold.  Oops   
   >>>>   
   >>>> IIRC somebody does but only in the context of how Latinum is worth so much   
   >>>> more than gold or diamonds.  Might be Harry.   
   >>>   
   >>> I am pretty sure latnum didn't exist before DS9, maybe late in TNG.   
   >>>   
   >> The reference was to "lithium crystals" which in the context of the   
   >> episode meant "dilithium".   
   >>   
   >   
   > Maybe, and sort of. TOS has lithium, lithium cracking stations, and   
   > dilithium. I always assume that’s the order in which they exist and that   
   > dilithium is cracked with them. But we’ve seen the big E repair herself   
   > with both lithium and freshly cracked stuff. I’m sure we could probably   
   > wank it somehow that plain lithium can be used in a pinch but it’s a lot   
   > better to refine it.   
   >   
   I seem to remember some discussion or article years ago about them all   
   being the same thing in TOS.  The argument was largely based on the poor   
   continuity between the various writers using different terms for the   
   same thing in whatever series bible there was (assuming there even was one).   
      
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