Gracie Lou Freebush's Life

Tag: rock

  • Heart of Gold

    Gold in natural form.

    A Shiny History

    Gold has been a part of history and society since 700 BCE with its first use being coins in ancient Egypt. In many societies gold is seen as a standard for currency. In modern day history gold is used for jewelry and technology.

    What about the element?

    Au or gold is a soft malleable highly unreactive transition metal. Some common alloys are yellow gold which is only 75% gold, white gold which contains gold, palladium, and other white metals, and rose gold which is gold, copper, and silver.

    Gold periodic table element.

    Quick Facts

    Atomic Number79
    Atomic Mass196.97 amu
    Melting Point 1,064.18°C 
    Boiling Point2,856°C
    Density19.32 g/cm3
    Discovered ByJames W. Marshall
    Discover DateJanuary 24, 1848

    Where is it used?

    Gold is most commonly used in jewelry, investments, and making gold bars.

    Gold usage pie chart.
  • Cool Rock I Saw

    Cool Rock I Saw

    This is preformatted text about a cool rock. Its shiny and colorful. Its probably a metal.

    A poem about rocks

    Rocks erupt from Earth
    Rocks stay around a while
    Rocks understand it.

    A picture of a very special rock

    A cut D Fl grade Diamond
    Most perfect diamonds are now made in labs, one way to tell between a natural D-FL diamond and a lab one, is the lab looks TOO perfect
    Oil Shale from Messel Pit in Germany
    The Darmstadt region in Germany is rich in naturally occurring Oil Shale.
    Crystalline Bismuth
    Bismuth naturally creates beautiful crystal structures.
    Natural Pitchblende Uraninite
    In Germany this rock gained the name Pitchblende which means bad luck. When you found Pitchblende you would start breaking your pickaxes, and the copper vein would run out.