and an atomic number of 79.
INTRESTING FACTS OF GOLD:
1. The term “gold” is the from the Proto-Indo-European base *ghel / *ghol meaning “yellow,” “green,” or possibly “bright.”
2. Gold is so rare that the world pours more steel in an hour than it has poured gold since the beginning of recorded history.
3. Gold has been discovered on every continent on earth.
4. Gold melts at 1064.43° Centigrade. It can conduct both heat and electricity and it never rusts.
5. Due to its high value, most gold discovered throughout history is still in circulation. However, it is thought that 80% of the world’s gold is still in the ground.
6. Seventy-five percent of all gold in circulation has been extracted since 1910.
7. A medical study in France during the early twentieth century suggests that gold is an effective treatment for rheumatoid arthritis.
8. Gold is so pliable that it can be made into sewing thread. An ounce of gold can be stretched over 50 miles.
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9. Gold is chemically inert, which also explains why it never rusts and does not cause skin irritation. If gold jewelry irritates the skin, it is likely that the gold was mixed with some other metal.
10. One cubic foot of gold weighs half a ton. The world’s largest gold bar weighs 200 kg (440 lb).
11. In 2005, Rick Munarriz queried whether Google or gold was a better investment when both seemed to have equal value on the stock market.h By the end of 2008, Google closed at $307.65 a share, while gold closed the year at $866 an ounce.
13. The Olympic gold medals awarded in 1912 were made entirely from gold. Currently, the gold medals just must be covered in six grams of gold
14. Around 1200 B.C., the Egyptians used unshorn sheepskin to mine for gold dust from the sands of the
15. There are more than 400 references to gold in the Bible, including specific instructions from God to cover furniture in the tabernacle with “pure gold.” Gold is also mentioned as one of the gifts of the Magi
16. The world’s largest stockpile of gold can be found five stories underground inside the Federal Reserve Bank of
17. The purity of gold is measured in carat weight. The term “carat” comes from “carob seed,” which was standard for weighing small quantities in the Middle East. Carats were the fruit of the leguminous carob tree, every single pod of which weighs 1/5 of a gram (200 mg).
18. Carat weight can be 10, 12, 14, 18, 22, or 24. The higher the number, the greater the purity. To be called “solid gold,” gold must have a minimum weight of 10 carats. “Pure gold” must have a carat weight of 24, (though there is still a small amount of copper in it). Pure gold is so soft that it can be molded by hand
