What is gold? “Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and atomic number 79. It is a dense, soft, malleable and ductile metal with a bright yellow color and luster, the properties of which remain without tarnishing when exposed to air or water. Chemically, gold is a transition metal and a group 11 element. It is one of the least reactive chemical elements, and is solid under standard conditions. The metal therefore occurs often in free elemental (native) form, as nuggets or grains, in rocks, in veins and in alluvial deposits. Less commonly, it occurs in minerals as gold compounds, such as with tellurium as calaverite, sylvanite, or krennerite.” Quoted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold Value? The value of gold come from historical value. Humanity had being using Gold for trading since 600 BC and we have being using Gold for trading for at least 2000 years before we abandon the “Gold Standard” during War World I and War World II. With current economic, gold is use as
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