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<p>[QUOTE="Collecting Nut, post: 2234071, member: 74863"]When found in the rough, gold is mostly yellow, but specimens have been found in a copper red color, reddish, yellowing, pale green yellowish and yellow. Even gold in it's natural state can tone. It's a mineral. Gold is the most malleable of all metals. an ounce of gold can be beaten into 300 sq. ft. Gold leaf can be thin enough to become transparent. The transmitted light appears greenish blue, because gold strongly reflects yellow and red. Gold conducts heat and electricity. It also reflects infrared radiation and light. It's used for sun-visors in spacesuits. Gold is very dense. It's cubic meter mass is 19,300 kg. Lead is 11,340 kg and the densest element, osmium, is 22,588 kg.</p><p><br /></p><p>The symbol for Gold is Au, Latin for aurum, which is the Latin word for Gold. It's atomic number is 79. It's one of the least reactive chemical elements and is solid under standard conditions (temperature and pressure).</p><p><br /></p><p>Given this information, gold is not normally going to tone but it is possible, both in the raw and refined states.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Collecting Nut, post: 2234071, member: 74863"]When found in the rough, gold is mostly yellow, but specimens have been found in a copper red color, reddish, yellowing, pale green yellowish and yellow. Even gold in it's natural state can tone. It's a mineral. Gold is the most malleable of all metals. an ounce of gold can be beaten into 300 sq. ft. Gold leaf can be thin enough to become transparent. The transmitted light appears greenish blue, because gold strongly reflects yellow and red. Gold conducts heat and electricity. It also reflects infrared radiation and light. It's used for sun-visors in spacesuits. Gold is very dense. It's cubic meter mass is 19,300 kg. Lead is 11,340 kg and the densest element, osmium, is 22,588 kg. The symbol for Gold is Au, Latin for aurum, which is the Latin word for Gold. It's atomic number is 79. It's one of the least reactive chemical elements and is solid under standard conditions (temperature and pressure). Given this information, gold is not normally going to tone but it is possible, both in the raw and refined states.[/QUOTE]
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