Gold has been referred to as the "doomsday metal" because of its traditional role as a bulwark against economic, social, and political upheaval and the resulting loss of confidence in other investments, even those guaranteed by national governments.
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it wouldn't be called a doomsday then, would it?
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A person working with gold is called goldsmith. Likewise a person working with metal may be called as metal-smith.
Its means it consist from 41.6% of gold and 58.4 of other metal. its called 10KT gold. for example 14KT GOLD is 585. (58.5 Gold and 41.5 other metal).
When melted together, the metal is called electrum.
a lump of precious metal is called at nugget if talking about gold
Gold is a metal. Also classified as a "Non-Ferrous metal".
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When melted together, the metal is called electrum.
Gold is a metalloid or more appropiately defined as a transitional metal.
Gold is a metal. But when compared to steel yes gold is heavier.