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To: SiouxPal who wrote (75563)	8/6/2006 8:46:01 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 361147

Been around a long time, Bro. History of Gold GOLD THROUGH THE AGES The history of gold begins in remote antiquity. But without hard archaeological evidence to pinpoint the time and place of man's first happy encounter with the yellow metal, we can only conjecture about those persons, who at various places and at different times first came upon native gold. Experts of fossil study have observed that bits of natural gold were found in Spanish caves used by the Paleolithic Man about 40,000 B.C. Consequently, it is not surprising that historical sources cannot agree on the precise date that gold was first used. One states that gold's recorded discovery occurred circa 6000 B.C. Another mentions that the pharaohs and temple priests used the relic metal for adornment in ancient Egypt circa 3000 B.C. However, it is curious to note that the early Egyptian's medium of exchange was not gold but barley. The first use of gold as money in 700 B.C. is claimed by the citizens of the Kingdom of Lydia (western Turkey). Surely, you remember the kingdom of the famous fortune seeking King Croesus - circa 550 B.C. gold-eagle.com ============== GOLD gold (zahabh; chrusos): 1. Terms: No metal has been more frequently mentioned in Old Testament writings than gold, and none has had more terms applied to it. Among these terms the one most used is zahabh. The Arabic equivalent, dhahab, is still the common name for gold throughout Palestine, Syria and Egypt. With zahabh frequently occur other words which, translated, mean "pure" (Ex 25:11), "refined" (1 Ch 28:18), "finest" (1 Ki 10:18), "beaten" (1 Ki 10:17), "Ophir" (Ps 45:9). bible-history.com mechon-mamre.org

To: SiouxPal who wrote (75563)	8/6/2006 9:12:09 PM
From: T L Comiskey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 361147

brain size has been unchanged for 170,000 years give a man a fish.. he will eat for a day give a man a chunk of gold and platinum.. he will stab you in the back bastard guys

To: SiouxPal who wrote (75563)	8/6/2006 9:31:13 PM
From: T L Comiskey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 361147

Early peoples 'discovered' mineral deposits on rock exposures.. Gold veins...platinum...(pt)....ect look INTERESTING..and are cause for inquiry what IS interesting is.. when such metals occur together naturally Humans..Learn quite easily how to make Alloys once the Original ..work.. is accomplished.. the Knowledge.. of how to do it in other places is passed on.... it was a naturally occurring geologic deposit... that was Refined...... Hope Im clear.. T Geology survey.. Bulgaria A4 Department of Mineralogy, Petrology and Economic Geology, Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria Abstract: The Elatsite porphyry copper deposit occurs in an island-arc setting hosted by Late Cretaceous monzonitic-monzodioritic porphyry stocks which were emplaced into Precambrian-Cambrian phyllites. Trace element data of the Late Cretaceous intrusive rocks suggest that they are I-type volcanic arc granitoids. Two main ore mineral assemblages are distinguished: (1) magnetite-bornite-chalcopyrite, and (2) chalcopyrite-pyrite. The first one is linked to potassic-propylitic, and the second to phyllic-argillic alteration. Minor ore minerals are hematite, molybdenite, sphalerite, pyrrhotite, marcasite, hessite, and solid solutions of linnaeite-siegenite-carrollite, tetrahedrite-tennantite, clausthalite-galena, gold-electrum and merenskyite-moncheite. " Precious-metal contents are relatively high throughout the deposit but Au, Pd and Pt are concentrated more strongly in the magnetite-bornite-chalcopyrite assemblage. Average grades of Au, Ag, Pd and Pt calculated for the 0.33% Cu ore body are 0.96, 0.19, 0.007 and 0.002 g/t respectively. Analyses of flotation concentrates revealed 25.6% Cu, and Ag, Au, Pd and Pt contents of 33.0, 13.6, 0.72 and 0.15 g/t respectively." The copper mineralisation at Elatsite took place at pressures of 120 to 300 bar, corresponding to depths of formation of 1 to 3 km under hydrostatic conditions. The precious metals were probably transported jointly as chloride complexes in highly saline magmatic-hydrothermal solutions. The fluids had temperatures of 340 to >700 °C and salinities of 28 to 64% NaCl, and mixed with meteoric water.