I'm working with the idea of creating a sun made out of pure gold. Of course, this would be completely man-made. *Why* would anyone want to do this? Because I want a cool concept like that in my story! :)

First, you start small, combining thousands of pounds of gold. And you continue to add more and more gold. And you end up with a small gold planet. *How marvelous.*

But we're not done! We continue to add more and more mass by continuing to add more and more gold.

Eventually, we'll reach a point where the mass is so great that the pure gold atoms begin to undergo nuclear fusion within the core of this massive gold planet. And thus, a star is born!

But, I have no idea what elements would be created from this.

After doing some [basic research](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotopes_of_gold), I've learned that the only known stable isotope of gold is **197Au**, so that should be a good starting point for people answering this question.

What elements are created during the initial nuclear fusion state of a gold star?
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I also looked into the [nuclear fusion process](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_fusion), but I have learned that it is a very complex process that I simply can't learn in the amount of time I have.