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• Why is the symbol Au used for?

Gold is a rare metallic element with a melting point of 1064 degrees centigrade and a boiling point of 2808 degrees centigrade. Its chemical symbol, Au, is short for the Latin word for gold, 'Aurum', which literally means 'Glowing Dawn'. It has several properties that have made it very useful to mankind over the years, notably its excellent conductive properties and its inability to react with water or oxygen.

• How gold measured in U.S?

999 is 24K
750 is 18k
585 is 14K

• What is Hallmark?

Hall mark is used in UK to guarantee the purity of gold. There are series of symbols which marks that guarantees the piece of gold is real or fake.
9 Carat gold is 37.5% pure shows the hallmark as 375 which means that 9 part of the gold is pure with 15 parts alloy.
4 carat gold is 58.5% pure shows the hallmark as 585 which means that 14 part of the gold is pure with 10 parts alloy.
18 carat gold is 75.0% pure shows the hallmark as 750 which means that 18 part of the gold is pure with 6 parts alloy.
22 carat gold is 91.6% pure shows the hallmark as 916 which means that 22 part of the gold is pure with 2 parts alloy.
24 carat gold is considered as the 99.99% pure.

• What is Roasted Gold?

Gold does not react with any element except for Pyrite sulfide. It bonds with the metal and can be separated only by heating at high temperature where the sulfide tends to get dissolve. The gold which remains intact is called the “Roasted Gold”.

• Why is Gold called as the “Mater Healer”?

Gold is known as the “the Master Healer” as it is associated with the fall of Equinox in the Wiccan Religion as it indicates the time of harvesting and celebrating it as a “Thanksgiving Day”.