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green gold

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Noun1.green gold - a gold alloy (at least 14 karat gold with silver or silver and cadmium) that has a green appearance
atomic number 79, Au, gold - a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia
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The medals are made of 18-karat green gold and plated with 24-karat gold.
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In the meantime, thin shards of leftover gems are scattered up and down the mountainside--too small for mining companies to bother with but valuable nonetheless--and soiled hands keep digging for their tiny slice of Colombia's green gold.
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In 1898 - while one brand of fortune seeker prospected for gold in the Klondike - others found it in the green gold of the Sierras.
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