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The sun hasn't produced anything, except helium.

All the elements in the sun, except helium, were from the original solar nebula, and came from earlier generations of stars. The sun will eventually start creating its own heavy elements as fusion products, but it will be in the future, after the easily fusionable hydrogen in the core is used up. Also, the sun, nor any other star, cannot create any elements heavier than iron. Trans-iron nuclei are only created in supernova explosions in massive stars.

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