-Gold- Composition : Gold, with a small amounts
of silver; sometimes also copper and iron
-Chemical Formula- Au
-Color- Gold yellow to brass yellow
-Streak- Golden yellow
-Hardness: 2 ½ -3
-Luster- Metallic
-Cleavage- None
-Fracture- Hackly
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-Uses- Money and Jewelry
-Found- South Africa, U.S.A., Canada, Russia,
and Ghana
-Odor- none
-Crystal Forms- (Isometric) Octaherdral, dodecahedral,
and cubic crystals occur.
-Tenacity- Ductile and malleable
- Sources of information- Chemical
Elements
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