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- Gold (Au), element 79.
- Shares many properties with copper and silver.
- Highly conductive and ductile. Can form atom-thin wires. Critical for corrosion-resistant electronics, especially in humid environmnents.
- Also useful for shielding spacesuits and spacecraft against heat.
- Rare - tends to sink to the core of planets during formation. If you cannot access the core of the planet, search for surface deposits formed by bacterial accumulation.
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