Question

is gold a mineral

Answer 1

Yes. @jsyjes

Answer 2

Please re-iterate on your answer @Secret-Ninja because I don't believe you. Aren't minerals chemical compounds made from more than one element? Gold is just an element.

Please make me understand this one.

Answer 3

Gold is a mineral. You may think of it as a metal, but native gold is a mineral too. It is a naturally occurring inorganic solid, with a definite chemical composition, and an ordered atomic arrangement. humans do not make Gold, but they can melt it to make other things like jewelry.

Answer 4

Oxford university Museum of Natural History proved it.
http://www.oum.ox.ac.uk/thezone/minerals/define/quiz/3_ans1.htm

Answer 5

@Schleifspur

Answer 6

ALSO:
Minerals are naturally occurring
They are not made by humans

Minerals are inorganic
They have never been alive and are not made up from plants or animals

Minerals are solids
They are not liquids (like water), or gases (like the air around you)

Minerals have a definite chemical composition
Each one is made of a particular mix of chemical elements

Minerals have an ordered atomic arrangement
The chemical elements that make up each mineral are arranged in a particular way - this is why minerals 'grow' as crystals

Gold fits all of these descriptions.

Answer 7

you have not 'proven me wrong' or anything :-)

I appreciate your effort in answering this question! It's so much better to answer in-depth. I understand now. Thanks!

Answer 8

although gold is not 'a mix of elements', it's just a single element. and that was what awakened my mistrust :-)