# gold (metal)

a physical material that has a yellow color and value as money

- Computed level: L23 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: emergence  ·  Arena: gold

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [substance](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-substance.material), [color](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-color.visual), [value](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-value.worth), [material](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-material.physical), [money](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-money.economic), [physical](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-physical.material), [yellow](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-yellow.color)

**Through:** the yellow color of the substance and its money value together are this material

**Novel properties:**
- monetary material
- durable yellow substance
- valued physical resource

## Examples
- The Gold Reserve Act of 1934 required U.S. citizens to surrender gold coins worth over $100 to the Federal Reserve. *(economics)*
- The Hope Diamond, though blue, was originally part of a gold-bearing quartz vein mined in Brazil in the 1700s. *(geology)*
- The 18-karat gold casing of the Voyager Golden Record resisted corrosion in interstellar space for over 40 years. *(engineering)*

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