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Class :
01.AA.10a
Gold / Or
Verespatak (former name in the Austro-Hungarian empire of the current Rosia Montana, Rumania)
FOV=1.8 mm
Photo Christian Rewitzer
Formula :
Au
Named by :
Reason :
Gold
Old English 'gold', first appeared in written form about 725, from Proto-Germanic 'ghl-to' (source also of Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Old High German 'gold', German 'Gold', Middle Dutch 'gout', Dutch 'goud', Old Norse 'gull', Danish 'guld', Gothic 'gulþ'), from root 'ghel', 'to shine'
Or
Latin 'aurum', designating gold
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