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   Gold
   Since ancient times, gold has been prized for its beauty, and purity since it does not oxidize or tarnish like most other metals. It has also been used as a store of value to build wealth and shield against hard times. Gold used in jewelry is almost always alloyed with other metals since gold in its pure form is very soft and malleable, and would not wear well by itself. Much gold jewelry from the 19th century and before is not marked. Tests must be done to determine if it is solid gold and to determine purity. The familiar Karat marking system used in the United States did not become popular until around 1890 or so. (Note that Karat with a 'K' refers to gold purity, while Carat with a 'C' refers to the weight of a gemstone, e.g. a one carat diamond set in a 14 karat gold ring.) The karat number refers to the parts of pure gold per 24 in the alloy. So a 14K alloy is 14/24 parts pure gold, or about 58% gold. Other countries used a marking system well before the United States. For example, Britain has had a system of hallmarking in place for hundreds of years. It is also common in many European and other countries to mark gold with a three digit number indicating the parts per thousand of gold. Thus gold jewelry is often marked '750' for 750/1000 gold. (Equivalent to US 18K). In addition to many purities, alloyed gold also comes in many colors. Variations in the metals alloyed with the gold account for the ability to produce white, pink and even green gold, in addition to the familiar yellow gold. Pink gold was popular in late Victorian times, and again in the 1940s. White gold was very popular from 1900 through the 30's.
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   Gold is a township in Bureau County Illinois, USA
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   Gold is a rare element with the formulae Au and a relative hardness of 3 occuring in nature in widely distributed small amounts. The main source of gold is in gold-quartz veins where gold was deposited from mineral bearing solutions. When the veins weather, the gold is separated from the quartz and mechanically settles on the stream floor as a placer deposit. Gold in jewellery is measured in carats. 24 carat gold is pure, 22 carat gold is 22 parts gold to 2 parts other metals and so on.
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   Gold is slang for cannabis.
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   The Bank of England is perhaps best known for storing gold. The standard weight of a bar is around 12.5 kilos (27-28 pounds). The purity of a bar of gold is measured by its assay. An assay of 1000 means it is completely pure. To be in the vaults a bar has to have an assay of more than 995 (995 parts per 1000 gold).
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   [adj] - made from or covered with gold 2. [n] - a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element 3. [n] - coins made of gold 4. [n] - great wealth
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   Code name for one of the landing beaches in Normandy (in the British/Canadian sector)
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   The centre colour of the multicoloured target used in target archery. Also the highest scoring zone on a target face.
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   A soft yellow precious metal found in pure nuggets or extracted by sieving ground rock or sand. It was a highly prized metal for its decorative qualities and is found as jewellery in particular. The metal can be worked cold, including hammer welding. Uses: Jewellery - torcs, bracelets, fibula Coins - called a stater (used by Belgae/Gallic tribes)
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    Gold is a soft metal with a characteristic yellow colour. It is the most malleable and ductile of any element. It is unaffected by air, water, alkalis and acids, with the exception of 'aqua regia', HNO₃/HCl. The fact that it is chemically unreactive means that it is often found in its natural state. It is a good thermal and electrical co...
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    Strategic commander
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    Genomes OnLine Database
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    GOLD: The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD), a collaborative project of the US National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and the World Health Organization (WHO). Its goals are to increase awareness of COPD (chronic obstructive pulomonary disease) and to decrease morbidity and mortality from it. GOLD aims to impro ...
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    The most versatile precious metal of all. It is more ductile than any other metal, with the capacity of being drawn out into a fine wire, and so malleable that it can be beaten into a leaf 4 millionths of an inch (a 10 thousandth of a millimetre) thick. Gold is resistant to corrosion, and to the action of solvents. Pure, 24 carat gold is too soft a ...
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    Gold (gōld), Golde Goolde (gōld) noun (Botany) An old English name of some yellow flower, -- the marigold ( Calendula ), according to Dr. Prior, but in Chaucer perhaps the turnsole.
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    Gold (gōld) noun [ Anglo-Saxon gold ; akin to Dutch goud , Old Saxon & German gold , Icelandic gull , Swedish & Danish guld , Goth. gulþ , Russian & OSlav. zlato ; probably akin to English yellow . √49, 234. See Yellow , and confer Gild , transitive verb ] 1. (Chemistry)< ...
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    1. <chemistry> A metallic element, constituting the most precious metal used as a common commercial medium of exchange. It has a characteristic yellow colour, is one of the heaviest substances known (specific gravity 19.32), is soft, and very malleable and ductile. It is quite unalterable by heat, moisture, and most corrosive agents, and ther ...
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    golden adjective made from or covered with gold; `gold coins`; `the gold dome of the Capitol`; `the golden calf`; `gilded icons`
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    Gold, Latin aurum, was already legal tender before the first coins. The oldest gold coins derive from the seventh century BC.
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    `Gold` is a chemical element with the symbol `Au` (from the Latin `aurum`, meaning shining dawn) and atomic number 79. It is a highly sought-after precious metal which, for many centuries, has been used as money, a store of value and in jewelry. The metal occurs as nuggets or grains in rocks, underground `veins` and in alluvial deposits. It is one of the coinage metals. Gold is dense, soft, shiny and the most malleable and ductile of the known me...
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    `GOLD` refers to one of the following: * GOLD (IEEE) is an IEEE program designed to garner more student members at the university level (Graduates of the Last Decade). * GOLD (parser) is an open source BNF parser. * `GOLD` stands for Gathered or linked data in the staging tables of a Data warehouse.
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    (Au) (gōld) chemical element, atomic number 79, atomic weight 196.967. Gold and many of its compounds are used in medicine, especially in treating rheumatoid arthritis. Gold salts are among the most toxic of therapeutic agents and must be given only under strict medical supervision. Tox...
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    • (n.) Alt. of Goolde • (v. t.) Figuratively, something precious or pure; as, hearts of gold. • (v. t.) Money; riches; wealth. • (v. t.) A metallic element, constituting the most precious metal used as a common commercial medium of exchange. It has a characteristic yellow color, is one of the heaviest substances known (specific ...
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    chemical element, a dense, lustrous, yellow precious metal of Group Ib, Period 6, of the periodic table. Gold has several qualities that have made it ... [55 related articles]
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    Gold is a English boy name. The meaning of the name is `blond` Gold,Golden The name Gold doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Gold seems to be unique!
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