gold

Summary

gold is a chemical element^[1]. gold ranks in the top 0.69% of chemical_element entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,145 views/month, #1 of 144).^[2]

Key Facts

• gold's instance of is recorded as chemical element^[3].
• gold's instance of is recorded as metallic material^[4].
• gold's instance of is recorded as precious metal^[5].
• gold's canonical SMILES is recorded as [Au]^[6].
• gold's element symbol is recorded as Au^[7].
• gold's chemical formula is recorded as Au^[8].
• gold is a type of noble metal^[9].
• gold is part of period 6^[10].
• gold is part of group 11^[11].
• gold's Commons category is recorded as Gold^[12].
• gold's color is recorded as gold^[13].
• gold's Unicode character is recorded as 金^[14].
• gold's crystal system is recorded as cubic crystal system^[15].
• gold's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 6000 BC^[16].
• gold's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Gold^[17].
• gold's Commons gallery is recorded as Gold^[18].
• gold's atomic number is recorded as {'amount': '+79'}^[19].
• gold's Mohs' hardness is recorded as {'amount': '+2.5'}^[20].
• gold's total produced is recorded as {'unit': 'Q191118', 'amount': '+3300'}^[21].
• gold's electronegativity is recorded as {'amount': '+2.54'}^[22].
• gold's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as resource=gold^[23].
• gold's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia^[24].
• gold's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus^[25].
• gold's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon^[26].
• gold's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language, Second Edition^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include chemical element^[3], metallic material^[4], and precious metal^[5]. gold is a type of noble metal^[9].

Use and Application

Part of include period 6^[10], a period^[28] and group 11^[11], a group^[29].

Influence

Things named for gold include peridot^[30], a mineral variety^[31]; gold^[32], a web color^[33]; chrysotile^[34], a mineral species^[35]; chrysocolla^[36], a mineral species^[37]; guilder^[38]; Nicaraguan córdoba^[39], a currency^[40], in Nicaragua^[41]; orpiment^[42], a mineral species^[43]; and Ora^[44], a local currency^[45], in South Africa^[46].

Why It Matters

gold ranks in the top 0.69% of chemical_element entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,145 views/month, #1 of 144).^[2] gold has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[47] gold is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[48]

Entities named for gold include peridot^[30], a mineral variety^[31]; gold^[32], a web color^[33]; chrysotile^[34], a mineral species^[35]; chrysocolla^[36], a mineral species^[37]; guilder^[38]; and Nicaraguan córdoba^[39], a currency^[40], in Nicaragua^[41].