Gold
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, one of the most fascinating elements on the earth today.
has been used by humans for almost six thousand years and has been valued
since the earliest of times for its beauty and resistance to corrosion.
Without the economy of the world be drastically changed.
I have chosen as my element becau ....
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.... color,
Luster, malleability and it can with stand corrosion. "By at least the
fourth millennium BC, gold was found through both placer and vein(lode)
mining and by the time of the early cultures from which modern civilization
is descended the search for gold was wide spread"(Green 1968).
Gold is mainly extracted through mining. It is mainly found in
tiny flakes or sands but sometimes is found in nuggets. The largest nugget
ever found weighed eight kilograms. "Gold deposits are usually ....
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