- A one-ounce gold nugget is more rare to find than a five-carat
diamond.
- The amount of gold nuggets being found in the world is
less than one percent.
- Because of its rarity, a gold nugget can be worth three
to four times the value of the gold it contains.
- Gold is so heavy that one cubic foot of it weighs half
a ton.
- Gold is six to seven times heavier than other materials
that equal its size.
- Gold can be hammered so thin that sunlight can shine through
it.
- A single ounce of gold can be drawn into a wire 60 miles
long.
- Gold can be hammered into sheets so thin that a pile of
them an inch high would contain more than 200,000 seperate
sheets.
- The hardness of pure gold (on moh's scale) is 2-1/2 to
3; the melting point is 2,063 degrees Fahrenheit, specific
gravity is 19.32, and tensile strength is 19,000psi.
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