Gold Gold is one of the many elements. It is a shiny yellow metal that people have loved and valued for thousands of years. This metal is not only beautiful, but soft enough to be molded into shapes . Gold does not corrode or rust like other metals. It is the most popular metal for fine jewelry. Gold was probably one of the first metals discovered on earth. Long ago Egyptians put gold into leaves. These leaves were so thin that light could shine though it. To give you an idea of how thin it is, 367,000 of them would fit in a pile of an inch high, one on top of the other. Gold does not mix well with other elements. But other elements