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Neon

Z: 10
Mass: 20.18
Lifeforce: Source

Every sign in every late-night city: the same orange-red glow. It comes from a gas that asks nothing of the world, complete in itself, until current surges through.

A round garden with a clear spring at its center, encircled by flame, bowl, kites and terrace. — Plate · Source The Source needs nothing. It *rests* whole, all forces circling its center.

Neon. Element ten. A noble gas that glows orange-red when electrified. Complete in itself. Asks for nothing from the world. Fills the signs of every late-night city.

Lab note · Element ten; a noble gas. Under current, it glows orange-red.

Tool · Cosmic origin

Where your atoms come from

Ne · Star fusion

Forged in the cores of living stars over billions of years of stellar fusion.

14 of the 118 elements share this origin.

Choose a stage: click, or arrow keys. · Cosmic nucleosynthesis · current standard model

Tool · Periodic table

Your place in the system

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