Part one of term paper
, one of the most fascinating elements on the earth today. has been used by humans for almost six thousand years and has been valued since the earliest of times for its beauty and resistance to corrosion. Without the economy of the world be drastically changed. I have chosen as my element because of its extensive value. It has always been ...

Part two of term paper
... be taken as a free metal with out difficult separation techniques. "At some unknown time during the Stone age man learned to value gold for its unusual qualities"(Encyclopedia American 1997). So it is unknown who discovered gold. Gold has the best working qualities of any metal. It is an unusual metal in its color, Luster, malleability and it can with stand corrosion. "By at least the fourth millennium BC, gold was found through both placer and vein(lode) mining and by the time of the early cultu ...