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Wikipedia: Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and an atomic number of 79. It has been a highly sought-after precious metal for coinage, jewelry, and other arts since the beginning of recorded history. The metal occurs as nuggets or grains in rocks, in veins and in alluvial deposits.
![[Gold Nuggets found in Arizona]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Nugsrandt_s.jpg "Gold Nuggets found in Arizona")
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![[Native gold + gold on quartz.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Native_gold_s.jpg "Native gold + gold on quartz.")
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![[Gold bars at the Emperor Casino in Macau]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/GoldBarAtGrandEmperorCasino_s.jpg "Gold bars at the Emperor Casino in Macau")
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![[Relative sizes of an 860 kg block of gold ore, and the 30 g of gold that can be extracted from it]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Gold_30g_for_a_860kg_rock_s.jpg "Relative sizes of an 860 kg block of gold ore, and the 30 g of gold that can be extracted from it")
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![[Moche gold necklace depicting feline heads. Larco Museum Collection. Lima-Peru]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/MocheGoldNecklace_s.jpg "Moche gold necklace depicting feline heads. Larco Museum Collection. Lima-Peru")
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![[The 220 kg gold brick displayed in Jinguashi Gold Museum, Taiwan, Republic of China]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/220kg_Gold_brick_Taiwan_Museum_s.jpg "The 220 kg gold brick displayed in Jinguashi Gold Museum, Taiwan, Republic of China")
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from Texcoco |
![[The world's largest gold bar at the Toi gold mine.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Toi_250kg_gold_bar_s.jpg "The world's largest gold bar at the Toi gold mine.")
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