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GOLD
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or visit us and we will provide you a
jewelry quote within 5 minutes!
In your
consultation we will carefully examine
each individual piece and test it with
industry leading equipment ensuring you
get paid top dollar and are treated
fair. We will accurately test the exact
karat content in any gold piece with the
finest gold tester on the market. We do
all of our testing right in front of
you. We then weigh the item and
determine a price. We pay you the same
day.
Gold is a
chemical element with the symbol Au
(from Latin: aurum "gold") and an atomic
number of 79. It has been a highly
sought-after precious metal for coinage,
jewelry, and other arts since the
beginning of recorded history. The
native metal occurs as nuggets or grains
in rocks, in veins and in alluvial
deposits. Less commonly, it occurs in
minerals as gold compounds, usually with
tellurium. Gold metal is dense, soft,
shiny and the most malleable and ductile
pure metal known. Pure gold has a bright
yellow color and luster traditionally
considered attractive, which it
maintains without oxidizing in air or
water. Gold is one of the coinage metals
and has served as a symbol of wealth and
a store of value throughout history.
Gold standards have provided a basis for
monetary policies. It also has been
linked to a variety of symbolisms and
ideologies.
A total of
165,000 tonnes of gold have been mined
in human history, as of 2009.[1] This is
roughly equivalent to 5.3 billion troy
ounces or, in terms of volume, about
8,500 m³, or a cube 20.4 m on a side.
The world consumption of new gold
produced is about 50% in jewelry, 40% in
investments, and 10% in industry
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