Gold [ Au ]

Material properties

Formula Au
Abbreviation Au
IMA Status Grandfathered (pre-IMA), antiquity
Crystal symmetry Cubic, Point group m3m, Space group Fm3m (#225)
Variant single crystal
Luminescence emitter Transition radiation
Spectra Luminescence (1), SXES (2)
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Tags Element, Metal, Mineral

Composition

Element Atoms
Au 1
Total: 1

Specimens of Gold

Name Owner Materials Phase purity Image Spectra Techniques
M0142 Copper CSIRO Cobaltite, Copper, Gold (8.4%), Quartz, Spessartine, Tennantite-(Cu) 8.4 0
M0154 Copper CSIRO Cobaltite, Copper, Cuprite, Gold (2.0%), Muscovite-1M, Muscovite-2M1, Quartz 2.0 0
M0054 Gold in Quartz CSIRO Gold (0.1%), Quartz 0.1 0
Au METM-39 CSIRO Gold 2 SXES