Gold or gold with chemical Au the name of a element. The gold metal is soft and dense, and malleable bright yellow and shiny, which is in the vicinity of the air and the water, does not rust and dark not to be. Chemically, gold metal mediator that is in the Group 11 of the periodic table, rather than one of reaction the most elements solid at standard conditions. So can this metal in pure form in nature, in the form of beads, or a piece in the midst of rocks, minerals, crystal and materials, the settling of the alluvial finds. Also among the minerals for combination with other elements, especially been seen, but not abundant. The symbol of this chemical element is Au from the Latin name it aurum, meaning "glow of Dawn" is taken.