Gold Fun Facts
- It has been estimated that there are more than 152,000 metric tons of gold world wide.
- If all the gold that has been found in the world was put together in a cube it would measure 65.5 feet and 20 meters on the side.
- More than 90% of the gold found is from 1848 and discovered in California.
- Only one of the billions of rocks in the world have a rust of gold.
- Only 40% of gold ever mined was recovered from the South African rocks.
- In the Aztec language the word Gold is said teocitatl. that means "excrement of the gods."
- The largest gold nuggest that still exists today is called "Hand of Faith". It 60 pounds, discovered in Victoria, Australia, in October 1980.