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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Scotto, post: 129005, member: 4370&quot;]15. Gold is so ductile that an ounce of gold can be stretched to a length of over fifty miles or beaten into a sheet to cover a hundred square feet.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>16. A cubic foot of gold weighs approximately half a ton.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>17. Gold can be made into thread and used in embroidery.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>18. The word gold derives from the Old English word &#039;gelo&#039; meaning yellow.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>19. Precious metals are measured in troy ounces. This comes from the French town of Troyes where this unit of measurement was first used. A troy ounce is approximately 10% heavier than an avoirdupois ounce.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>20. A carat was originally a unit of mass based on the carob seed used by ancient merchants.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>21. Since the 1880s South Africa has been the source for a large proportion of the world&#039;s gold supply. Production in 1970 accounted for 79% of the world supply, producing about 1,000 tonnes, however production in 2004 was 342 tonnes. This decline was due to the increasing difficulty of extraction and changing economic factors effecting the industry in South Africa.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>22. A single gram of gold can be beaten into a sheet of one square metre, or an ounce into 300 square feet.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>23. During the 19th century, gold rushes occurred whenever large gold deposits were discovered, including the California, Colorado, Otago, Australia, Witwatersrand, Black Hills, and Klondike gold rushes.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>24. Because of its historically high value, much of the gold mined throughout history is still in circulation in one form or another.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>25. 75% of all gold ever produced has been extracted since 1910. It has been estimated that all the gold in the world that has ever been refined would form a single cube 20 m (66 ft) a side.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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