How is gold made?

Question

How is gold made? like Real gold. Not gold mining techniques, but how did gold just "appear" there? How was it made? Minerals? Chemicals? Rocks?

Answer 1

gold isnt 'made' it is a naturally occuring element in the environment.

Answer 2

Gold

Answer 3

It did "just appear there", wherever gold is found. Gold is what's called a 'noble metal', that is, it is pure when found. It cannot be compounded with any other metals to make a "gold alloy". It will not mix with other metals. Gold is malleable, it can be pounded flat to more than 10 times thinner than paper as gold 'leaf'. Gold covered facemasks protect astronauts faces from the sun. The Russia Czars rode in (supposedly) solid gold carriages. The English Queen's carriage is gold and gold plated. Trump's mansion sinks have gold faucets. Native Americans had no use or value for gold. They thought it very strange that white men went crazy for more of the soft yellow metal (too soft for tools, cooking on, or arrow and spear points).

Answer 4

Hi Lisha_,
The simple answer is, gold is not made, it is a primary element. It can not be created by man. Gold can't be made, unless a star blows up or something like that happens, and you wouldn't do well, if you where anywhere in the neighborhood at the time, when that happens.

Answer 5

Gold isn't made. It's a natural element which is found in nature, and has the elemental symbol Au. Often it is found in deep rock bed.
Example: Water is made up of three molecules: two hydrogens and an oxygen. Pure gold is simply Au.

Answer 6

Because gold is a native metal (meaning that it can exist as pure substance), it is not produced by the types of chemical reactions that produce things like minerals (which are composed of more than one element). Rather, because gold is a pure elemental substance, we need to consider how elements are made.

The simplest answer is this: elements that have atomic numbers that are less than 26 (i.e., hydrogen through iron) are created by normal processes of nuclear fusion in stars, also referred to as "nucleosynthesis." For example, carbon is produced by the nuclear fusion of 3 helium atoms (a process referred to as the "triple-alpha process.")

Elements with atomic numbers higher than 26 are created by complex fusion reactions that occur in nature only during supernova explosions. These various processes may be classified under the term "supernova nucleosynthesis," but realize that there are several different types of supernova nucleosynthesis depending on the process involved (e.g., neutron capture, proton capture, etc.)

Essentially, in the unimaginably intense heat and pressure of a supernova explosion, atoms of hydrogen, helium, and an assortment of other elements are forcefully combined to produce very heavy, stable elements such as gold. As for the specific chemical reaction that could produce gold in a supernova explosion, I would suspect that there are several possible combinations, much as there are several possible ways to drive from one place to another.

Cheers!

Answer 7

Gold atoms are scattered everywhere. There is a lot of gold dissolved in seawater. A lot, that is if you could drain the harbor and form the gold into a lump. Theoretically that might be possible, but it would be incredibly expensive. The gold people mine was concentrated by bacteria. I assume it was a waste product since gold seldom takes part in chemical reactions.

Answer 8

If you asking "how is the element gold made?",
there is fission, but that rarely ever happens.
and by rarely I mean never, at least not on earth.

Matter in the universe form from super novas.
and before that, the big bang.

Answer 9

Gold is a combination of several minerals and chemicals that occur in nature. There are many colors to gold and types.

Answer 10

gold is not man made. it is a chemical compound inside the earth, then we mine it. it is molten rock, and hardens into gold upon cooling.