GOLD

Gold is the most malleable of all metals a single gram can be beaten into a sheet of 1 square meter.
A soft metal with a characteristics yellow colour.
It is chemically un-reactive although it will dissolve in aqua regia / a mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acids).
The term CARAT indicates the amount of gold present in an alloy 24 carat is pure gold but it is very soft. 18 and 9 carat gold alloys are commonly used because they are more durable.

USES

Most of the gold that is newly consumed or recycled each year is used in the production of jewerly.
In a wide range of other uses which include electronics, medicine, dentistry, computers, awards, pigments, guilding, and optics.

GOLD FORM

Gold is not formed on the earth like diamonds and many others germs and minerals. instead, most scientists now believe that gold actually came to earth from outer space in large meteorites that have struck the planet over billions of years. In facts, most of the gold on earth is actually located in its core where its heavy properties caused it to sink overtime. The gold that is found near the surface comes from relatively recent strikes of meteors that contained a considerable amount of gold.