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The high temperatures and pressures produced far exceeded anything wrought by human technology. The moon's nickel-iron core was disrupted. Researchers theorize that billions of years ago, when the planets and satellites of the Alpha Centauri System were condensing from the primordial stellar nebula, a Mars-sized stellar body may have crashed into the still-molten Pandora.
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However, over the years the name appears to have stuck. Originally, the term, "unobtanium" was slang used in the aerospace industry, to describe hard-to-access materials with mythical properties. This creates a feedback loop: The more unobtanium is mined, the more ships can be built and the more equipment can be sent to Pandora for further mining. Unobtanium is not only the key to Earth’s energy needs in the 22nd century, but the enabler of interstellar travel and establishment of a truly spacefaring civilization. Without unobtanium, interstellar commerce on such a scale would not be possible. The unique magnetic properties of unobtanium are used to contain and direct the energy of the matter- antimatter annihilation which propels ships like the ISV Venture Star. These huge "islands", named the Hallelujah Mountains by Earth's explorers, are called Thundering Rocks by the Na'vi, who hold them sacred. On Pandora, the magnetic effect is exemplified in huge outcroppings of unobtanium ripping loose from the surface and floating in magnetic vortexes. These unusual properties cause the mineral to levitate in magnetic fields, under the Meissner Effect.ģD Version: red/cyan, cross-eyedThe Hallelujah Mountains, a rich area of unobtanium This matrix was not only structurally rugged but also housed microscopic voids in the quasicrystalline structure that contain the magnetic flux lines (see Type II superconductor).
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Furthermore, unlike the fragile crystals of human-created superconducting compounds, the substance found on Pandora was a stable quasi-crystal with its atoms arranged in a never-repeating but orderly pattern with fivefold symmetry. Unobtanium proved to be the most baffling of scientific discoveries in the area of superconductors as it had an extremely strong magnetic field, reversing prior knowledge that all superconductors repel magnetic fields. Humans transport unobtanium on trucks called Hell Trucks from the mining sites back to Hell's Gate for refining and eventual transport to Earth. For mining operations, all human personnel are required to wear an exopack in order to breathe while working. However, as the Pandoran atmosphere is toxic to humans, it is expensive to mine. It is a room-temperature superconductor for energy, which makes it very valuable worth $20 million per kilogram (2.2 lbs) unrefined and $40 million per kilogram refined on Earth.