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Neither. Gold is an element.

Most gold jewelry, though, is made from an alloy of gold and copper. Alloy is just another word for mixture, I guess. 24K gold is pure gold, 12K gold is half gold half copper, etc. Gold is a very soft metal, and adding copper makes is stronger.

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