Gold on Quartz |
see larger image | Mineral name: | Gold |
| Formula: | Au |
| Category: | Native element |
| Name Origin: | From the German gelda, "the yellow shining metal" |
| Uses: | Used in jewellery, scientific instruments and dental applications |
| Diagnostic features: | Yellow colour, high density and malleability |
| Interesting facts: | From the earliest times, gold was compared with the sun and was called the solar metal. |
| PROPERTIES |
| Colour: | Bright yellow |
| Streak: | Golden yellow |
| Luster: | Metallic |
| Hardness: | 2.5-3 |
| Density: | 19.3 |
| Form: | Cubic |
| For more info on this mineral: | http://webmineral.com/data/Gold.shtml
http://www.mindat.org/min-1720.html
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| THIS SAMPLE: |
| Name: | Gold on Quartz |
| Size: | 5 x 7 cm |
| Came from: | Paymaster mine, Timmins |
| Province: | Ontario |
| Collection of: | Royal Ontario Museum |
| Photography by: | B. Boyle |
