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This mask THE HOLTERMANN NUGGET
Uses was placed over
the pharaoh’s
This very thin layer of mummified face. The largest piece of natural gold was found on
gold protects the astronaut 19 October, 1872, near the small town of Hill
from the Sun’s heat.
End in Australia. Named after its discoverer,
Bernhardt Holtermann, the piece contained
moe than 90 kg (198 lb) of pure gold.

Astronaut’s visor 1.45 m (4.75 ft) Transtion Metals

Tutankhamun’s
death mask
Holtermann Nugget Child aged 10 years old

Gold bars stored
Edible gold flakes decorating
in banks are a sign
of wealth. The flakes
this expensive
chocolate
are edible.

Royal Crown Derby plate
This glass plate Gold bars
contains specks Gold teeth
of gold.

These replacement teeth
are made of gold and mercury.

Ancient gold jewellery
Gold foil keeps this car
engine at a stable temperature.

temple, Thailand

Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep
McLaren F1 car engine
A thin layer of gold This neck ornament
covers this entire temple. is made from cast gold.

gold dust with water or strong acids. The from it. Some of the earliest coins, found in
applications for gold include heat shields in Turkey, were made of it. Gold is used to cover
astronaut’s visors. This metal has always important buildings, such as Thailand’s Wat
been seen as valuable and many ancient artefacts, Phrathat Doi Suthep temple. This precious
such as the 3,300-year-old death mask of metal is most commonly used today in
Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun, were forged jewellery or decorations. 97

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