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Originally Posted by Sunrunners_Fire
Or was formed in an environment that was unusually rich in the substance(s required) for whatever reason. It is not impossible, and it doesn't require a variation in the laws of physics. Abundance is a local trait.
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If you look at the terrestrial elemental abundances, Fe is more than 100x as abundant as Pt. And that seems to allow for an intense preconcentration already; it looks as if the ratio is closer to 1,000,000x in the solar system as a whole. You're going to need a pretty impressive elemental assortment process to reverse that final 100:1 ratio.
Bill Stoddard