Interesting Gold Facts:

 Gold is 2x heavier than lead and 19x heavier than water

 An estimated 9,000 tons of gold have been taken from the earth in recorded history

 Radioactive gold is used in the treatment of some cancers

 South Africa provides 50% of the worlds gold

 If all the gold mined over the last 6,000 years were gathered and melted down, it would form a cube with sides of no more than 20 yards.

 Nearly all of the gold found during the past 6,000 years is still in use.

 Gold is resistant to corosion; it will never rust or tarnish.

 An ounce of gold can be hammered into a 100 square foot sheet.

 Gold is completely recyclable.

 The total amount of gold ever mined is 3.8 billion ounces. More than half of that has been since 1850.

 Gold is the most ductile and malliable of all metals. One ounce can be drawn into a wire that stretches five miles.

Source: Gold Prospectors Magazine