Gold Facts

- The boiling point of gold is 2,808 degrees Celsius.

- The average temperature of the human body is 37 degrees Celsius. Gold's conductivity of heat means that it rapidly reaches body temperature – one of the reasons it has become valued for jewellery.

- Around 187,200 tonnes of gold have been mined since the beginning of civilisation.

- Even at only 10 parts of gold per quadrillion, the world's oceans are estimated to hold up to 15,000 tonnes of gold.

- Julius Caesar gave 200 gold coins to each of his soldiers from the spoils of war in defeating Gaul.