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GOLD DUST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The particles and flakes (and sometimes small nuggets) of gold obtained in placer mining
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("gold dust" is a kind of...):
atomic number 79; Au; gold (a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia)