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GOLD. A metal used in making money, or coin. It is pure when the metal is unmixed with any other. Standard gold, is gold mixed with some other metal, called alloy. Vide Money. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The medals are made of 18-karat green gold and plated with 24-karat gold. In the meantime, thin shards of leftover gems are scattered up and down the mountainside--too small for mining companies to bother with but valuable nonetheless--and soiled hands keep digging for their tiny slice of Colombia's green gold. In 1898 - while one brand of fortune seeker prospected for gold in the Klondike - others found it in the green gold of the Sierras. |
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