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Gold in other colours

To make gold suitable to be used for wedding rings, it is mixed with other metals, such as copper and silver (technical term: alloyed). During the manufacturing process, gold rings can have different hardnesses, depending on the proportion of gold and the process used: today, machine-produced rings are harder than cast rings, even (or rather, especially) when the proportion of gold is higher.

Gold is mechanically very good to work with, it does not corrode (oxidise, rust), it can be alloyed with other metals and does not have too high melting temperatures. Because of these good properties, its shiny colour and its pleasant weight, jewellery, coins and religious symbols have long been made of gold. Gold mining started thousands of years ago. In South-Eastern Europe, gold was already used around 4,000 B.C., in Central Europe since around 2,000 B.C., in South America since the first millennium. Gold is found all over the world, mainly in rocks. Today, gold is mostly mined in South Africa, Australia, Russia and the United States, but also in other countries.