The Crystallography, Metallography and Composition of Gold

Research Article| October 01, 2009 The Crystallography, Metallography and Composition of Gold Robert M. Hough; Robert M. Hough 1CSIRO Exploration and Mining, 26 Dick Perry Avenue Kensington, Perth, WA 6151, Australia Corresponding author: Robert.Hough@csiro.au Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Charles R. M. Butt; Charles R. M. Butt 1CSIRO Exploration and Mining, 26 Dick Perry Avenue Kensington, Perth, WA 6151, Australia Corresponding author: Robert.Hough@csiro.au Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Jörg Fischer-Bühner Jörg Fischer-Bühner 2Indutherm Erwärmungsanlagen GmbH, Walzbachtal-Wössingen Germany, and Legor Group Srl, Bressanvido (VI), Italy Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Robert M. Hough 1CSIRO Exploration and Mining, 26 Dick Perry Avenue Kensington, Perth, WA 6151, Australia Corresponding author: Robert.Hough@csiro.au Charles R. M. Butt 1CSIRO Exploration and Mining, 26 Dick Perry Avenue Kensington, Perth, WA 6151, Australia Corresponding author: Robert.Hough@csiro.au Jörg Fischer-Bühner 2Indutherm Erwärmungsanlagen GmbH, Walzbachtal-Wössingen Germany, and Legor Group Srl, Bressanvido (VI), Italy Publisher: Mineralogical Society of America First Online: 09 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 1811-5217 Print ISSN: 1811-5209 © 2009 by the Mineralogical Society of America Elements (2009) 5 (5): 297–302. https://doi.org/10.2113/gselements.5.5.297 Article history First Online: 09 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation Robert M. Hough, Charles R. M. Butt, Jörg Fischer-Bühner; The Crystallography, Metallography and Composition of Gold. Elements 2009;; 5 (5): 297–302. doi: https://doi.org/10.2113/gselements.5.5.297 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyElements Search Advanced Search Abstract Gold is an element, a metal and a mineral. In nature, gold most commonly occurs as an alloy with silver and, more rarely, with palladium, mercury and copper, and ranges in size from nanoparticles to nuggets weighing 70 kg. Crystallography, metallography and composition control the colour of the alloy, how it will deform, how it will behave at high temperature and how it reacts. These properties offer insights into how gold deposits have formed and been altered, whether under hydrothermal or Earth-surface conditions. You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.