Gold

Origin

The etymological origin is the decisive canonical vocabulary of Latin 'aurum (shining dawn, from Proto-Indo-European *ausom 'dawn')' and Greek 'khrysós (χρυσός khrysós, gold)' — the decisive canon of English 'gold' deriving from Germanic 'gulþa' and Proto-Indo-European '*ghel (yellow)' — and Sanskrit 'hiraṇya (हिरण्य hiraṇya)'. The decisive Hesiod canon is the decisive canon of the Greek Hesiod's (Hesiod) Works and Days (Erga kai Hēmerai, Works and Days) lines 109-126 of c. 700 BCE — the first of the Five Ages of humanity (gold, silver, bronze, heroic, iron) — 'the people of the Golden Age lived like gods, never growing old, never knowing death, prosperous without labor'. The decisive natural history canon is the decisive canon of gold in Pliny the Elder's (Pliny the Elder, 23-79) Natural History (Naturalis Historia) Book 33 of the 1st century. The decisive Golden Fleece canon is the decisive canon of Jason's (Jason) Golden Fleece (chrysómallon dérās) in the Greek Apollonius of Rhodes's (Apollonius of Rhodes) Argonautica (Argonautica) of the 3rd century BCE. The decisive Midas canon is the decisive canon of Midas's golden touch in Ovid's (Ovid) Metamorphoses (Metamorphoses) Book 11 verses 85-145 of c. 8 CE.

Features

• Element 79 (Au) Mohs hardness 2.5-3 incorruptible eternity
• Main axis Hesiod Works and Days lines 109-126 Golden Age
• Latin aurum (dawn) Greek khrysós etymology
• Egyptian gold of c. 4500 BCE — humanity's first worked metal
• Golden Fleece, golden apples, Midas's touch, golden calf
• Origin — South Africa, Russia, Australia, China, Peru

Stories

The Golden Age in Hesiod's Works and Days lines 109-126 of c. 700 BCE is the decisive Hesiod canon, and gold in Pliny the Elder's Natural History Book 33 of the 1st century is the decisive natural history canon. The decisive canon used as the flesh of the gods and the metal of kings, and the decisive canon of incorruptible eternity. The decisive Egyptian canon is the decisive canon of Tutankhamun's golden mask of the 14th century BCE, and the decisive Golden Fleece canon is the decisive canon of Jason in Apollonius of Rhodes's Argonautica of the 3rd century BCE. The decisive Midas canon is the decisive canon of Ovid's Metamorphoses Book 11 verses 85-145, and the decisive Bible canon is the decisive canon of the golden calf in Exodus 32. The decisive alchemical canon is the decisive canon of medieval transmutation to gold, and the decisive Gold Rush canon is the decisive canon of the California Gold Rush of 1848.

Weakness

Gold's weaknesses are: (1) Mohs hardness 2.5-3 limit — the decisive canonical weakness — much softer than diamond (10); (2) binding of alloy — the decisive canon of pure gold being too soft, requiring alloys (silver, copper); (3) binding of Midas — the decisive canon of Midas's golden touch turning everything to gold and starving him; (4) binding of the idol — the decisive canon of the golden calf in Exodus 32; (5) binding of the Gold Rush — the decisive canon of the violence of the California Gold Rush of 1848; (6) binding of the sacred domain — the decisive canon; (7) binding of alchemy — the decisive canon of the falsity of transmutation; (8) binding of time — the decisive canon of the binding of 6500 years of humanity. The decisive canonical finale is the decisive mythological canon of the abolition of the gold standard by Nixon in 1971.

Cultural Significance

Gold is not merely a metal icon but the canonical iconographic figure of the decisive Mesopotamian-Egyptian-Greco-Roman-Christian canon, traversing the Egyptian gold of c. 4500 BCE, the Golden Age in Hesiod's Works and Days lines 109-126 of c. 700 BCE, Tutankhamun's golden mask of the 14th century BCE, the Golden Fleece in Apollonius of Rhodes's Argonautica of the 3rd century BCE, Midas in Ovid's Metamorphoses of c. 8 CE, Pliny the Elder's Natural History Book 33 of the 1st century, the golden calf in Exodus 32 of the Old Testament, medieval alchemy, the California Gold Rush of 1848, Schliemann's Priam's Treasure of 1869, and the abolition of the gold standard in 1971. The etymological origin settled as the decisive canon of Latin 'aurum (shining dawn)' and Greek 'khrysós (χρυσός khrysós)' — the decisive canon of English 'gold' deriving from Germanic 'gulþa' and Proto-Indo-European '*ghel (yellow)'. The decisive Egyptian canon is the decisive canon of the gold mines of Nubia of Egypt of c. 4500 BCE — humanity's first worked metal — and the decisive canon of Tutankhamun's (Tutankhamun) golden mask (about 10.23 kg, discovered by Howard Carter in 1922) of the 14th century BCE. The decisive Hesiod canon is the decisive canon of the Greek Hesiod's (Hesiod) Works and Days (Erga kai Hēmerai, Works and Days) lines 109-126 of c. 700 BCE — the first of the Five Ages of humanity — 'the people of the Golden Age lived under Cronus's reign like gods, never growing old, never knowing death, prosperous without labor'. The decisive Golden Fleece canon is the decisive canon of Jason's (Jason) Colchis Golden Fleece (chrysómallon dérās, 'fleece of the golden ram') in the Greek Apollonius of Rhodes's (Apollonius of Rhodes, 295-215 BCE) Argonautica (Argonautica) of the 3rd century BCE. The decisive Midas canon is the decisive canon of King Midas's (Midas) of Phrygia golden touch granted by Dionysus (Dionysus) in the Roman Ovid's (Ovid) Metamorphoses (Metamorphoses) Book 11 verses 85-145 of c. 8 CE — the decisive canon of food and even his daughter turning to gold and regretting it. The decisive natural history canon is the decisive canon of gold in the Roman Pliny the Elder's (Pliny the Elder, 23-79) Natural History (Naturalis Historia) Book 33 of the 1st century. The decisive Bible canon is the decisive canon of the golden calf (golden calf) idol in Exodus 32, and the decisive Heracles canon is the decisive canon of the golden apples of the Hesperides in Heracles's 11th labor. The decisive Gold Rush canon is the decisive canon of the California Gold Rush (California Gold Rush) of 24 January 1848 in the USA, and the decisive Schliemann canon is the decisive canon of the German Heinrich Schliemann's (Heinrich Schliemann) Priam's Treasure of Troy in 1869. The decisive monetary canon is the decisive canon of the abolition of the gold standard (gold standard) by US President Nixon on 15 August 1971.

In Popular Culture

Golden Age in Hesiod (Hesiod) Works and Days (Works and Days) lines 109-126 (c. 700 BCE) — decisive Hesiod canonGolden mask of Tutankhamun (Tutankhamun) (14th century BCE) — decisive Egyptian canonGolden Fleece (chrysómallon dérās) in Apollonius of Rhodes (Apollonius of Rhodes) Argonautica (3rd century BCE) — decisive Golden Fleece canonMidas's golden touch in Ovid (Ovid) Metamorphoses (Metamorphoses) Book 11 verses 85-145 (c. 8 CE) — decisive Midas canonGold in Pliny the Elder Natural History (Naturalis Historia) Book 33 (1st century) — decisive natural history canonGolden calf in Exodus (Exodus) 32 — decisive Bible canonGolden apples of the Hesperides in Heracles's 11th labor — decisive Heracles canonCalifornia Gold Rush (California Gold Rush) (1848) — decisive Gold Rush canonHeinrich Schliemann's (Heinrich Schliemann) Priam's Treasure of Troy (1869) — decisive Schliemann canonNixon's abolition of the gold standard (gold standard) (15 August 1971) — decisive monetary canon