Gold

Gold: shiny star matter
Aqua Regia; Aurum
In its purest form
Bright, slightly reddish yellow
Dense, soft, malleable
Ductile metal
Chemically: a transition metal
Used in jewellery
4000 years ago
Cancer cure in recent decades
The pot at the end of the rainbow
The thin coating upon astronaut's visors
Protecting from harmful ultraviolet rays
Can bond with other elements
Originated in space
Veins of gold
Mined from the earth
Result of hot fluids
Flowing through gold-bearing deposits
Picking up gold deposits
Concentrating it in fractures
World's largest gold crystal
7.7 ounces...in Venezuela
Produced in earthquakes
Water in faults and fractures
Vaporizes...
Soft...
Mixed with other metals
Alloys give it strength
Pure gold is 24 karats
From the Arabic word "qirat""
Carob bean...
Used by gold sellers to balance their scales
Edible...gold leaf and flakes
Passes right through
Excellent conductor of electricity
Non-reactive...
With air, water, and most other substances
Won't corrode or tarnish
Medicinal...
Radioactive isotope Au-198
When injected into the site of a tumour
Will destroy tumour cells
Without much spill over
Into the rest of the body