The Journey of Gold

Gold figurines on display in a shop window in Hong Kong November 17, 2009

The refined metal, which is highly valued from the very beginning of history. This year it cost to climb over 135% in value against the last year. In human history has been produced only 161,000 tons of gold (in Wikipedia tysyachch 140 tons) – more than half in the last 50 years.

Visitor concerns polnotelogo the world’s largest gold ingot weighing 220 kilograms (worth more than 7.8 million dollars at current prices). December 2, 2009.

Hava Katz, head of the national treasures of Ancient Israel, holds a gold coin minted in Egypt and dated 1095 year. These coins were allegedly brought to Jerusalem, Muslim pilgrims.

The statue of a bird of prey of gold. The exhibition in the store Ginza Tanaka in Tokyo on October 23, 2009.

Craftsman makes gold jewelry in the jewelry factory in the eastern Indian city of Calcutta November 13, 2009

Gold – a very heavy metal: the density of pure gold equal to 19621 kg per cubic meter (a ball of pure gold, 46 mm in diameter has a mass of 1 kg). Liter bottle filled with golden sand, weighs about 16 kg. The gravity of gold – a plus for its prey. The most common processes, such as, for example, flushing the locks, can provide a very high degree of extraction of gold from the rock flushed.

Gold is very malleable and stretchy. Of a piece of gold weighing one gram can be stretched into a wire length of three kilometers, or make a gold foil to 500 times thinner than a human hair (0.1 microns). Through a sheet of foil beam of light shining through a greenish color. The softness of pure gold is so high that it can scratch your fingernail. Therefore, gold jewelry is always alloyed with copper or silver. The composition of these alloys is expressed in samples, which indicates the number of parts by weight of gold in 1000 parts of the alloy (in Russia’s practice). A sample of chemically pure gold 999.9 corresponds to the sample – it is also called “bank” in gold, because gold is made of such bars.

A man holding a spoon full of golden leaves. Everything is ready to use it with their land in the center of Olympia Exhibition in London, 14 November 2009. Sushi of the Year Awards 2009.

Children from the Turkana district of Kanukurdio. Pans to search for gold. November 9, 2009 about Lodwar, Kenya.

Trays of gold bullion, are placed in the room for the final weighing and packing plant Krastsvetmet in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, November 16, 2009

The content of gold in the earth’s crust is very low – 3 mg / kg, but the fields and areas, dramatically enriched in metal, are very numerous. Gold contained in the water. 1 liter and marine and river water is about 4 * 10-9 g of gold.

The history of mankind produced about 140 tonnes of gold (if the alloy is gold all together, you get a cube with sides about 19 m).

In 2007, procured 2 380 tonnes of gold, and in 2008 – 2 330 t.

Buddha made of pure gold in the Ginza Tanaka store in Tokyo on November 26, 2009.

Pedro Linares uses a calculator to determine the value of gold October 30, 2009, Florida.

Colombian gold miners in the mine on the river Dagan, province of Zaragoza, Cauca, Colombia November 17, 2009. Around 8000 the miners are working illegally.

Trader of gold in the departments of Cauca, Colombia, November 17, 2009

Metal detector enthusiast David Booth poses with his treasure trove of the Iron Age in Edinburgh, Scotland. These items dating back 300-100 years. BC

Gold-Nibbler – soccer player Chris Johnson sitting on the bench during a game against San Francisco. November 8, 2009 in San Francisco, California.

Gold miner pushing a wheelbarrow for the extraction of rocks. Abangares, north of San Jose, Costa Rica, December 9, 2009. Costa Rica is seeking the legalization of the 600 miners who dug out a small amount of gold in abandoned mines.

A member of Christie’s auction looking for work “Relief Epong” Yves Klein in London, Wednesday, January 20, 2010. Approximate price from 5.7 to 8 million euros ($ 8,2 to 11,4 million dollars).

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in gold valued at $ 300,000 dollars. Tokyo, November 4, 2009.

Mining Truck company Caterpillar Inc to breed in the gold mines in Victor / Cripple Creek, Colorado, November 5, 2009.

Sharon Brumli pours synthesis of samples in the form to determine the total content of gold in a sample of the gold mine in Colorado. November 5, 2009

Scheme of reconstruction. Adsorption of gold in a solution of sodium cyanide, 5 November 2009

Gold-plated bears lined up before the upcoming International Film Festival Berlinale, January 20, 2010

An employee holds a piece of rock containing copper and gold. Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia. Mongolia is trying to use its vast mineral wealth, to lift itself out of poverty.

Woman near the shore of the river collects the dirt from her production of gold in the Pidie district in the Indonesian province of Aceh on Nov. 2, 2009. Residents of the area involved in the traditional gold mining. Everyone can pan around 1,5-2 grams of gold and earn 275,000 rupees ($ 28) per day.

A resident of the village looking for gold dust and sand along the river in the area of Pidie, Aceh, Indonesia on Nov. 2, 2009.

Bulgarian archaeologist Vesselin Ignatov holds a gilded silver cup with the Greek god of love Eros, discovered in the vicinity of the village Karanovo, Bulgaria November 17, 2009. The team of archaeologists led by Ignatova found chariots, two silver goblets, gold rings and jewelry, items made of clay, glass, and various artifacts from the first century AD.

Illegal excavation of miners in search of gold on the mountain Tumpang Peet, East Java, Indonesia November 21, 2009.

Hands gold miners East Java, Indonesia November 21, 2009.

Japanese girl admires the golden model called “Wishing to shooting stars”. Exhibition in Tokyo October 23, 2009. 30cm height, 15kg of pure gold, the cost of 130 million yen (1.3 million).

Molten gold. New York, USA, January 4, 2010.

Robert Stoler pours molten gold in the form of ingot, New York, USA, January 4, 2010.

Gold bars in the store Ginza Tanaka in Tokyo, October 23, 2009.

Goldsmith works with ornament in Chandigarh, India 23 November 2009.

Golden busts of Chinese leaders: President Hu Jintao, former president Jiang Zemin, the late patriarch Deng Xiaoping and Mao Zedong. Gold exhibition in Beijing, China, November 8, 2009

Residents use the tools at hand for the extraction of gold from the Irrawaddy River near the town of Myitkyina in northern Myanmar on Jan. 7, 2010.

General view of the open-pit – gold-copper mine in Kadia – orange area in Australia, January 8, 2010.

Net grain cast gold. New York, USA, on Monday, January 4, 2010.