THE PERIODIC TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS AND THE ASSOCIATED MINERALS: GOLD
Abstract:
Gold is a natural solid with a crystalline stable structure and exhibits an abundance of 0.04 ppm (mg/Kg) in the Earth crust. Gold, like silver, is one of the chemical elements less abundant in nature. Only palladium, tellurium, platinum, ruthenium, rhodium, osmium, rhenium, and iridium, present a smaller geochemical distribution. Because of its low chemical reactivity, the metal has very few minerals. This review presents a synopsis of the twenty nine (29) gold minerals known at the present time.
Gold is a natural solid with a crystalline stable structure and exhibits an abundance of 0.04 ppm (mg/Kg) in the Earth crust. Gold, like silver, is one of the chemical elements less abundant in nature. Only palladium, tellurium, platinum, ruthenium, rhodium, osmium, rhenium, and iridium, present a smaller geochemical distribution. Because of its low chemical reactivity, the metal has very few minerals. This review presents a synopsis of the twenty nine (29) gold minerals known at the present time.
DOI: 10.48141/SBJCHEM.v15.n15.2007.34_revistadec2007partial.pdf
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