oxygensiliconaluminumironcalciummagnesiumsodiumpotassium
46%27%8%6%
5%3%2%2%
EARTH’S CRUSTCHEMICAL ABUNDANCES
ELEMENTS < 1%
ELEMENTS = 0% OR UNKNOWN
berkeliumcaliforniumeinsteiniumfermiummendeleviumnobeliumlawrenciumrutherfordiumdubniumseaborgiumbohrium
IMAGE CREDITNASA/NOAA/GSFC/Suomi NPP/VIIRS/Norman Kuring
DATA CREDITS© Wolfram Alpha, www.wolframalpha.com | World Gold Council
hassiummeitneriumdarmstadtiumroentgeniumcoperniciumununtriumfleroviumununpentiumlivermoriumununseptium ununoctium
100% 75% 50% 25% 0% ELEMENTS > 1% PERCENTAGE OF ABUNDANCE LOCATION ON THE PERIODIC TABLE
technetiumpromethiumpoloniumastatineradonfranciumactiniumneptuniumplutoniumamericiumcurium
titaniumcarbonhydrogenmanganese
phosphorusfluorinesulfurstrontiumbariumvanadiumchlorinechromiumzirconium
nickelzinccopperrubidiumceriumlanthanumneodymiumcobaltyttriumscandiumnitrogengalliumniobiumlithium
leadpraseodymiumborondysprosiumthoriumsamariumgadoliniumhafniumerbiumbromineytterbiumtinarseniccesiumberylliumuraniumeuropiumtantalumargongermaniumholmiumtungstenmolybdenum
terbiumlutetiumthalliumiodinethuliumantimonyindiumcadmium
silvermercuryseleniumplatinumbismuth
palladiumheliumgoldneonrheniumosmium
telluriumrutheniumrhodiumiridiumkrypton
xenon
radiumprotactinium
0.660.180.150.11
0.0990.0540.0420.0360.0340.0190.0170.0140.013
0.00890.00780.00680.0060.0060.00340.00330.0030.00290.00260.0020.00190.00170.0017
9.9×10-4
8.6×10-4
8.6×10-4
6.2×10-4 6×10-4
6×10-4
5.2×10-4
3.3×10-4
3×10-4
3×10-4
2.8×10-4
2.2×10-4
2.1×10-4
1.9×10-4
1.9×10-4
1.8×10-4
1.8×10-4
1.7×10-4
1.5×10-4
1.4×10-4
1.2×10-4
1.1×10-4
1.1×10-4
9.3×10-5
5.6×10-5
5.3×10-5
4.9×10-5
4.5×10-5
2×10-5
1.6×10-5
1.5×10-5
7.9×10-6
6.7×10-6
5×10-6
3.7×10-6
2.5×10-6
6.3×10-7
5.5×10-7
3.1×10-7
3×10-7
2.6×10-7
1.8×10-7
9.9×10-8
9.9×10-8
7×10-8
4×10-8
1.5×10-8
2×10-9
9.9×10-12
9.9×10-13
Extremely high mass stars can form heavier elements like gold as they age and when they die in supernovae.
Gold is one of the most coveted of elements and has been prized for centuries. As of 2012, roughly 165,000 metric tons of gold has been mined from the Earth’s crust. That’s about 5,304,873 troy ounces. It would all fit in a 20-meter cube (about the size of a medium-sized building or 60 semitrailers) and is worth close to $10 trillion.
x 60
x 33,000
$10,000,000,000,000
ALL THE MINED GOLD FITS IN:
WEIGHS AS MUCH AS:
AND IS WORTH ABOUT:
Augold
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GOLD PROFILE