- The Element Gold - Basic Physical and Historical Information ...education.jlab.org/itselemental/ele079.html
- Statistics and information on the worldwide supply, demand, and flow of gold and silver.minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/gold
- Discovered : known since prehistoric times Origin : The name is the Anglo-Saxon word for the metal and the symbol comes from the Latin aurum, gold. Description : A soft metal with a characteristic colour and since it is chemically unreactive, one of the few elements to occur in a natural state. It will dissolve in aqua regia (royal water), a mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acids. It can be ...www.chemsoc.org/viselements/pages/gold.html