The people has to know all the metal that it in the spot market, does not has stable price it's only manipulation and speculation for the last two decade!!! but have humanity used value in technology not in finance storage market !!!
There are several metals more valuable than gold. Platinum is one.
Diamond and Uranium
because it is more rare and silver is more heavy there for less portable | | Have to partially disagree with the above statement. Gold is more rare than silver while it is still in the ground. There is actually more processed gold in the world than silver. Silver is not heavier than gold. It is heavier in 'value' than gold and therefor not as portable. So why is gold more valuable than silver? Short answer - because people made it more valuable. Apparently, they like gold better. | | Gold also has more valuable industrial uses then silver for example: gold is more resistant to corrosion. Gold is also a good conductor of electricity, particularly because it resists corrosion i.e. silver actually conducts better then silver until it begins to corrode (charging metal tends to speed up corrosion). So it's not just that we 'like' gold more, there are practical reasons why gold is more valuable.
No, gold is less reactive than copper.
As of 11th of December 2009, Copper is more valuable than zinc.According to the London Metal Exchange, Copper is worth $6.87 / kg and Zinc $2.29 / kg.Please see related link for details.
Copper is much more common than gold.
It si much rarer and harder to extract
Gold was then, as it is now; valuable. You could buy more with a gold coin than you could with a copper coin.
It is more valuable than gold because there is a few amount of gold and more dirt. So it is easy to find dirt than it is to find gold. That is why gold is more valuable than dirt.
Rhodium and platinum are both more valuable than gold.
Even though gold and copper are in the same family, copper is much more reactive than gold. This is why Copper rusts more than gold, and why there are so many copper compounds (IE copper silicate...). Copper is higher in the family, giving it these characteristics.
There are several metals more valuable than gold. Platinum is one.
Gold is more valuable than silver. durr.
You are wrong. Copper is NOT more expensive than gold.
Yes, by weight, diamonds are more valuable than gold.
yes platinium is much more expensive than gold
Because there is less of them than gold and they are harder to mine.