gold

Chronicles society's fascination with gold from ancient times through the twenty-first century.

When Kat, her father, and brother visit an old gold mine that has been turned into an amusement park, she falls down a shaft and meets an ancient dragon, the last of his kind, and inadvertently triggers a twenty-first century gold rush.

Explores mankind's fascination with locating vast stores of gold and outlines various explorers' efforts to locate fabled cities of gold.

Discusses the mining of gold and its processing into objects of use and of beauty.

Provides an introduction to the colors silver and gold, discussing where silver and gold metal is found and how it is used, sayings associated with the colors, matte and shiny finishes, and other related topics.

Explains what gold is, examines its role in history, and provides information about gold rushes and srikes, mining, how ore is transformed to gold, the effects of gold mining on the environment, and the use of gold as money, as decoration, and in technology.

Describes how people gradually switched from the barter system to trading with pieces of gold which were eventually marked with their weight and became coins. Also discusses other metals that are used to make coins.

Randy hates being poor, so when he is magically granted two wishes, the first thing he wishes is for everything he touches to turn to gold.

Explains what gold and silver are and how they are found and used.

Discusses the value of gold and how it has been sought after and used in countries around the world throughout history.