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Is there a matrix C so that the trace of C^n is dense in R?

I am looking for a matrix C so that the sequence tr(C^n) is dense in the set of real numbers. Equivalently (in the 2 by 2 case), find a complex number z so that the sequence z^n+w^n is dense in R where w is the conjugate of z.