I hope you didn't write this.....
From: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5942268/
Studying solar system's origins
Together, the charged atoms captured over 884 days on the capsule’s disks of gold, sapphire, diamond and <red>silicone</red> are no bigger than a few grains of salt — but if the samples survived, that could be still be enough to help reconstruct the chemical origin of the sun and its family of planets, scientists said. They had hoped to study the material for at least five more years.
It's a minor point but the spelling is actually silicon, no e.
Element Si.
Silicone is a witches brew of organic compounds.