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Gold has been one of the most valuable substances on the planet for thousands of years. The ancient Egyptians described this precious metal in hieroglyphics as long ago as 2600 BC; one Egyptian pharaoh even said that gold "was more plentiful than dirt" in Egypt. This very malleable and ductile metal has been used as a source of currency and jewelry for quite some time as well. This metal is also a chemical element and is listed on the periodic table of elements, created by Russian scientist Dmitri Mendeleev in 1869, with an atomic number of 79. Gold is like most other metals in the fact th...