Does seawater color gold green?
Someone told me that seawater makes gold green. True?
Observing members:
0
Composing members:
0
5 Answers
I know that some fake gold jewelry can make your skin turn green… Or in the case of my maiden aunt, the fake gold on your glasses can make your white hair turn green in one little curl that really freaks me out….
Gold will not turn green, PERIOD. If what you have that you believe is gold turns green, it means either it is an alloy containing gold and some other metal (probably copper), or it is not gold at all (the more likely).
Here’s what Robert Frost said;
“Nothing Gold Can Stay”
Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
As westy81585 said, gold doesn’t turn green. That’s only possible if it’s mixed with another metal. I do know of a few metals that, when they rust, a green rust or hue is produced. The gold you’re referring to may be mixed with an alloy or another metal, etc.
Answer this question 
This question is in the General Section. Responses must be helpful and on-topic.
Composing members:
0
