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All About Gold
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Gold: What do you
Gold
know about it?
 Jewelry (Am)/Jewellery (Br)
 Electrical applications
 Monetary standard
 Flight to safety
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Gold’s Recent Price History
Now, let’s read some additional
information on gold.
All About Gold 4

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Worldwide Gold Production
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Three
Sovereigns
and a
Krugerrand
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Questions About Gold
 Name three of gold’s desirable
properties.
 Why do prospectors say that “gold is
where you find it”?
 With which mineral is gold most often
associated?
Please take a minute to prepare your
answers in complete sentences.
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Answers Questions About Gold
 Three of gold’s desirable  Prospectors say that “gold
properties are: is where you find it”
 Conducts heat because it is found
 Conducts electricity everywhere but
 Won’t corrode unpredictably.
 Pleasing appearance  Gold is most often
and “feel” associated with quartz.
 Alloys easily
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