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The natural properties of gold, such as its resistance to
tarnish, its lambent yellow color, its weight and plasticity,
distinguished it from the outset as a medium for accumulating
wealth or creating luxury objects such as jewelry. Gold, one of
the first metals used by man, is found in veins, mainly between
pyritic minerals such as quartz, from which it is also mined. As
these minerals weather, particles of gold are released and
washed away by rainwater into the rivers. The collection. and
separation (panning) of alluvial gold constitutes probably the
most ancient process for obtaining this precious metal. In
antiquity there were gold deposits around the Mediterranean in
Egypt, Spain, the Caucasus and elsewhere. It would be remiss not
to mention some of the gold mines in Greece, such as those of
Siphnos, Thasos or Mount Pangaion. |
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