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=//**__Gold__**//= media type="file" key="23.wav" width="300" height="50" I chose gold because it is expensive and hard to find. It's hardness is 2 and a half to 3out of 10 on the hardness scale of minerals. That's why it is called a soft metal. It forms when silver, copper, and iron meet. It's opaque. It has native and metallic elements. It costs lots of money. I picked gold because I want to find out how soft it is, and I want to learn to pan for gold.

__Comments from Teachers during the research process:__
 * Note from Mr. Kleyn- I love your thoughtful answers. I'll bet your questions will be great too.

Note from Mr. VanOrden - It looks like you have already done some great research to find answers to your questions. Did you know gold is sometimes called a "soft metal." I wonder why that is?  Note from Mrs. Smith: You have done an excellent job of reading clearly with expression when you were recording your research writing for publishing on our wiki! Gold is a very interesting mineral. There are also fantastic stories from history about how people have done crazy things to acquire gold! You can look in the historical section of the library to read about it's history.