Facts about the shiny star-Gold

You have always looked forward to buying gold jewelry in the latest designs, haven’t you?

One time, it is the thin bangle that you prefer; at other time, it is the heavy necklace that you crave for!

Did you ever want to know more facts about gold, other than just knowing the mundane ones like it is a precious metal and the least reactive?

 Here, in the following paragraphs get to know more facts about gold!

According to a 2011 paper in the journal Nature, a meteor bombardment ,that took place billions of years ago ,brought tons of gold rock into the earth! In 2013, an Astrophysical journal substantiated this by stating that gold is formed by collision of dead stars.

 American Museum of Natural History says that hot fluid flowing through gold bearing rocks, picks up gold and concentrates it in fractures. This is how the veins of gold mined from the earth are formed

Two-thirds of the world’s gold is mined in South Africa.

78% of the yearly supply of gold goes into jewelry making, and the rest goes for electronic, dental and medical uses.

Venezuela has the largest gold crystal-the size of a golf ball –weighing 217.78 g.

Gold nanoparticles are said to successfully treat tumours!

Astronaut’s helmet has a visor coated with a thin layer of gold that acts as a screen against the harmful ultraviolet rays of the sun.

Gold coins were first used in 560 BC in the Asia Minor Kingdom of Lydia.

Gold is extracted using a process called gold cyanidation. Unfortunately, cyanide is harmful and therefore, mining of gold is anything but environmental friendly!

If you are the one who loves to buy gold jewelry for their designs, do not keep away the outdated ones to gather dust in your drawer. Bring them to Aaradyaa Gold, and get instant cash worthy of your gold in weight!

You will not only get instant cash to buy new jewelry, you will also be saving the environment indirectly!