![]() Gold often occurs in free elemental ( native state), as nuggets or grains, in rocks, veins, and alluvial deposits. It is one of the least reactive chemical elements and is solid under standard conditions. Chemically, gold is a transition metal and a group 11 element. It is a bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal in pure form. ![]() This makes it one of the higher–atomic-number elements that occur naturally. Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from Latin aurum 'gold') and atomic number 79. ![]()
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