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{{Ore|name=Native gold|tile=£|color=#FF0
{{Ore|name=Native gold|tile=£|color=6:7:1
 
 
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* [[Ore]] of [[gold]]
 
* [[Ore]] of [[gold]]
 
* Smelting [[electrum]]
 
* Smelting [[electrum]]
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* [[Igneous intrusive layer]]s
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* [[Igneous extrusive layer]]s
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* [[Soil]]
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* Found as veins
 
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* [[Material value]] 30}}
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* [[Material value]] 30
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'''Native gold''' can be smelted directly into [[gold]] or combined with an [[ore]] of [[silver]] to create [[electrum]]. Mining it still leaves a valuable gold floor.
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'''Gold nuggets''', mined from Native gold, can be smelted directly into [[gold]] or combined with an [[ore]] of [[silver]] to create [[electrum]]. Mining it still leaves a valuable gold floor.
  
It is possible to make [[Furniture]], [[Crafts]] or [[Mechanism]]s with Gold nuggets if it's enabled in the z-status stone menu, resulting in quite valuable items, good for export early in the game. It's much easier if you lock in the craftsdwarf with the nuggets.
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It is possible to make Furniture, Crafts or Mechanisms with Gold nuggets if it's enabled in the z-status stone menu, resulting in quite valuable items, good for export early in the game. It's much easier if you lock in the craftsdwarf with the nuggets. Forbidding the other stones doesn't seem to work well.
  
It can be found as veins in both [[igneous intrusive layer|igneous intrusive]] and [[igneous extrusive layer]]s, and as small clusters in [[alluvial layer]]s (which do not exist in this version).
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It is found as veins in soil and in both [[igneous intrusive layer|igneous intrusive]] and [[igneous extrusive layer]]s.
  
Despite the high value of gold, creating [[electrum]] with it will result in a net profit if the silver ore used is [[galena]] or [[tetrahedrite]].  Using [[native silver]] or [[horn silver]] for the process, however, results in neither a gain nor a loss of overall value.
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Despite the high value of gold, creating [[electrum]] with it will result in a net profit if the silver ore used is [[galena]] or [[tetrahedrite]].  Using [[silver nuggets]] or [[horn silver]] for the process, however, results in neither a gain nor a loss of overall value.
  
 
== Smelting ==
 
== Smelting ==
Gold nuggets are used to create two types of metal bars at a [[Smelter|smelter]]:
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Gold nuggets are used to create two types of metal bars at a [[smelter]]:
 
* [[Gold]] bars
 
* [[Gold]] bars
* [[Electrum]] bars - with [[native silver]], [[horn silver]], [[galena]], or [[tetrahedrite]]
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* [[Electrum]] bars - with [[silver nuggets]], [[horn silver]], [[galena]], or [[tetrahedrite]]
 
 
<gallery>
 
File:GoldNuggetUSGOV.jpg|Gold nugget
 
File:Hand of faith1.JPG|Another, very large specimen
 
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[[Category:Igneous Extrusive Stone Layers]]

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