the 29 picograms they made is such a small mass that it's almost a misnomer to describe it in these terms even. it's an amount that all balled up together would still be only about 1 micrometer across.

[–] ThermonuclearEgg@hexbear.net 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I suppose it would have technically been more accurate to say that 34 billion more runs generating 29 picograms would be still less than a gram.

Even if they somehow managed to do that many billions of runs though to get a single gram of gold, even then I don't think it would be worth trying to bother separating any of the gold generated from the other products.