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IIRC, normal stars are able to fuse together things up until iron, at which point (for some reason I don't understand) fusion ceases to be able to sufficiently power the star.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_peak has a pretty straightforward explanation for why the usual channels for element production stop at Iron.