It can be soft or hard.
hard
It is a soft metal
No they are hard, but gold is a relatively soft metal.
Gold. Its shiny.
because it's heavy and hard
Gold is a very soft metal. that's why rings are only made of ten to eighteen karat gold ,pure gold being too malleable.
It's hard to compare the two since an amethyst is a gemstone and gold is a metal, but gold is a relatively soft metal and amethyst is a relatively hard gemstone, so an amethyst would be considered stronger than gold.
gold can be both soft and hard depending on how pure it is, pure gold (24K) is softer than a gold alloy. And the lower the number the harder it is. 10K is harder than 14K, 14K is harder than 18K, and 18K is harder than 24K (pure gold).
Diamond is the Hardest in the world. Coming from carbon. Iron, Gold , Aluminium are hard metals
Gold is considered a relatively soft metal. It has a Mohs hardness of about 2.5 to 3, which means it can be scratched easily compared to harder metals like iron or steel.
Gold is a metalloid or more appropiately defined as a transitional metal.
Metal cannot be extracted from Gold, as Gold itself is a metal.