Current Market Value
•100 gram gold bar
is worth $5437.01
Symbol:
Au
Date of birth:
discovered around
3000 BC & it is unknown
who discovered this element.
Other Info:
• Gold has been discovered on
every continent
• This element is to pliable that it can
be made into sewing thread.
• An ounce of gold can be
stretched over fifty miles
• Gold is edible. In some
countries it is in fruit, coffee, and tea.
• Some Indian tribes believed
that by consuming gold cold
allow humans to levitate
GOLD
Alias:
•Old English word
“geolo” meaning yellow
•Symbol from the Latin
word “aurum” meaning
shining down, Aurora- goddess of dawn
Physical Description:
• Gold is metallic, with a yellow color.When finely divided gold
can be black, ruby, or purple.
• It is a soft metal
• Atomic number-7
other info
• Never rusts and does not cause
skin irritation
• The weight of one cubic
foot of gold is half a ton
• Gold was one of the first metals
discovered by humans
• The San Francisco 49ers are
named after the 1849
Gold Rush miners
•Gold is located in group 11
and period 6, it is a transition metal.
•79 protons, 79 electrons,
and 118 neutrons.
•A solid at room temperature
•Melting Point: 1947.9741 °F;
Boiling Point: 5084.6 °F
Likely Whereabouts:
•Crust of the earth,
copper ores
•Auric Chloride--AuCl3
•Chlorauric Acid—HauCl4
Last Seen:
• Jewelry-
• Coins/Currency
• Trophies and Medals-
Olympic Gold medals
• Modern electronics –'
ex: Cell phones
• Treatment for
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Related Gang:
•Copper
•Silver
•Roentgenium