1. GOLD  Definition:  Soft, yellow, corrosion-resistant element, the most malleable and ductile metal, occurring in veins and alluvial deposits and recovered by mining or by panning or sluicing.  Symbol:  Au

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3. Basic info  Formula: Au  System: Isometric  Luster: Metallic  Member of: Copper group  Name : From Anglo-Saxon gold yellow Latin aurum.  Color: Rich yellow  Hardness: 2½ - 3

4. Uses  Most gold is used to make jewelry and other art items.  Medicine  Jewelry  Medallions  Coins  Dentistry

5. Sources  Its found in two major types of deposits.  Lode deposits :are deposits where gold is found in cracks and veins in rocks. These are also called vein deposits.  Placer deposit: are formed by moving water that has eroded gold out of lode deposits