Real and pure gold will not stick to a magnet.
If the gold sticks to a magnet then it is not real gold and is most likely gold that is made of steel with a gold coating.
Fake gold will stick to a magnet and real gold will not stick to a magnet.
Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and atomic number 79.
The Gold is a bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal in pure form. Chemically, gold is a transition metal and a group 11 element.
It is one of the least reactive chemical elements and is solid under standard conditions.
The price of gold is based on the spot price of the metal, which changes daily.
The current market demand and supply determine the spot price.
Gold is usually found embedded in quartz veins, or placer stream gravel.
It is mined in South Africa, the USA (Nevada, Alaska), Russia, Australia and Canada.
The largest known deposits of gold appear on two continents, Africa and India.
In these two regions, South Africa has the largest concentration of gold with the town of Johannesburg being built over the worlds largest gold deposit.
Currently the top gold mining state of the US, Nevada is home to three of the world's top 10 gold mines and seven of the top 10 US sites.
Nevada's Goldstrike is the top gold mine in the US, followed by the Cortez and Carlin Gold Mines, with all three located in north-central Nevada.
Australia and Russia hold a large share of the world's gold mine reserves, accounting for 8,400 metric tons and 6,800 metric tons, respectively.
The oceans contain around 20 million tons of dissolved gold.
However, this means there is only about one gram of gold for every 110 million tons of ocean water.
Many gold deposits exist deep within the sea floor, and some deposits can often be trapped underneath rock as far down as 35,000 feet.