Do you know when Gold was first detected on Earth? Which country in the world holds the largest amount? Have you ever happened to eat gold? Do you know where the world's largest concentration of gold is located?
Discover some interesting facts about gold that you may not know.
“Gold is also used in cooking. It can be eaten, does not alter flavors, has no consequences on health, and it is ideal for decorating food and beverages. 24-karat gold is processed into thin flakes to create gold leaves and then treated with special processes that make it suitable for food industry. The world's most expensive dessert is worth $25,000; it is a chocolate ice cream made with some of the rarest varieties of cocoa and 24 carats of edible gold.
“ The world's deepest gold mine
“ The world's largest gold ingot weighs 250 kg. It's 45.5 cm × 22.5 cm at the base and 17 cm in height. Its value in 2020 was about $16.1 million.”
“Pure gold melts at 1063°C and boils at about 2800°C. It is extremely malleable and ductile: from one ounce (about 28 grams) you can get 80 kilometers of five-micrometer wire (one-tenth of a diameter of a human hair).”
“The largest gold coin is 80cm in diameter and was created by the Perth Mint in 2012: it is worth 870,000 euros and is the Australian dollar coin depicting the kangaroo .”
“ It is said that oceans would contain up to 20 million tons of gold, eight times more than all that extracted in human history , worth nearly 700 trillion euros. The problem is that we do not yet know how to extract it in a low cost and affordable way.”
" Pure gold melts at 1063°C and boils at about 2800°C. It is extremely malleable and ductile: from one ounce you can get 80 kilometers of five-micrometer wire (one-tenth of a diameter of a human hair).”
"You probably already know that the symbol of gold is Au, because it comes from the Latin word aurum, meaning shining dawn, sunrise. A more than appropriate term for this precious metal."