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- Gold commonly occurs in its native form rather than being found combined with other elements
- Gold objects from Egypt have been dated to more than 5,000 years old
- Ancient Civilizations got their gold supplies from:
- Gold for Egyptian Pharaohs came from the Upper Nile Region near the Red Sea and the Nubian Desert. When supplies were gone, gold from Yemen and Southern Africa was possibly used.
- Mesopotamian and Palestinian civilizations also got their gold from Egypt and Arabia. Gold, silver and copper from King Solomon’s reign (961-922 B.C. was found in the Mahd adh Dhahab, “Cradle of Gold,” mine in Saudi Arabia.
- Aztec and Inca gold is believed to have come from Colombia. This gold would become the treasure of the European conquistadors who melted gold artifacts down into coins and bars for shipment back to Europe.
- History of Nineteenth Century Gold Rushes
- History of South African Gold
- Hypothesis on the Formation of Gold
- Circulating ground water heated and driven from a body of magma
- Water dissolves metals from surrounding rock
- When water reaches cooler area, minerals precipitate out to form veins or blankets of ore.
- Gold Production measured in metric tons since 2004:
- South Africa: 343
- United States: 262
- Australia: 258
- China: 217
- Canada: 129
- Indonesia: 114
- Ghana: 58
- Tanzania: 48
- Mali: 39
- Guyana: 15
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