Gold

State: Osun, Niger, Zamfara, Kebbi, Benue, Bauchi, Kano, Nasarawa, FCT, Kwara, Kogi, Adamawa

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Gold is a chemical element; it has chemical symbol Au (from Latin aurum) and atomic number 79. In its pure form, it is a bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal. Chemically, gold is a transition metal, a group 11 element, and one of the noble metals. It is one of the least reactive chemical elements, being the second-lowest in the reactivity series. It is solid under standard conditions.