The metal's matt sheen generates reflections of infinite variety and colour that shift minute by minute, from silvery grey to a soft pale gold.
As the November 3 election approaches, the leaves glow red and gold these soft fall days and Wisconsin shines in the fall sunlight.
Experts say this may explain why some objects are very worn in places because gold is very soft unless it is alloyed with other metals.
Gold is a relatively soft metal and would show wear when distressed.
Further, soft Chinese economic data overnight also undermined gold, said Carlos Sanchez, director of risk management with CPM Group.
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China is now disrupting global commodities markets, influencing the price of gold, and affecting pricing for many soft and hard goods producers around the world.
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Why is the king (Ian McShane, all dressed in gold) so hard and then so inexplicably soft?
Influences contributing to the decline include soft Chinese economic data overnight, worries that any selling of Cypriot gold to help fund a bailout will create a domino effect in which other debt-plagued European nations have to sell as well, plus a strong U.S. stock market so far this year that has taken away safe-haven demand for gold.
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Gold fell with a wide range of commodities on Thursday after soft manufacturing surveys in China and the eurozone dented risk sentiment.
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Most of the gold being traded around that region is of the 24-carat variety, too soft for daily wearing.
Finally, making the dollar as good as gold, and restoring gold to the center of the international monetary system, will give the Unites States an enormous boost in soft power.
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