Gold has played a large part in human history, from ancient Egypt to the Roman Empire. The reason for this is the unique qualities that gold possesses. One quality that gold possesses is its resistance to corrosion. Gold does not rust or tarnish, this is one of the reasons why gold has and is used by many cultures as jewelry. Another industry gold is used because of its resistance to corrosion is electronics. In fact most computers have some traces of gold in them.

Another quality that gold possesses is its ease to shape. This is also another reason why gold is popularly used as jewelry. One other industry gold’s ease to shape comes into play is the striking of coins. Gold because of its softness is the main reason why some gold coins use an alloy of other metals. These other metals make the gold coin harder and more resistant to scratches. Gold because of its ease to shape was use by many civilizations to make statures and other figures. In fact most religions today use gold in some way to help with their ceremonies.

One last quality that gold possesses is its rarity. This is one of the reasons why gold was and is used as money. Gold’s rarity is unique that it is rare enough to be seen as special but not too rare to make its implementation as money, jewelry, in electronics and other applications viewed as impractical. Gold because of its resistance to corrosion, its ease to shape, and its rarity, makes it one of the most unique metals ever to be used.