The temperature has been so relentlessly hot this week that the government imposed a four-day mandatory holiday beginning Thursday and urged residents to stay out of the sun. At its most brutal, the so-called feels-like temperature has hit a staggering 159 degrees Fahrenheit, according to The Weather Channel.
12K Red gold: 50% gold and 50% copper. Up to 15% zinc can be added to copper-rich alloys to change their color to reddish yellow or dark yellow. During ancient times, due to impurities in the smelting process, gold frequently turned a reddish color.
Gold is a chemical element with symbol Au (from Latin: aurum) and atomic number 79. In its purest form, it is a bright, slightly reddish yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal. Chemically, gold is a transition metal and a group 11 element.