What is "gold dust"

Gold \Gold\ (g[=o]ld), n. [AS. gold; akin to D. goud, OS. & G. gold, Icel. gull, Sw. & Dan. guld, Goth. gul[thorn], Russ. & OSlav. zlato; prob. akin to E. yellow. [root]49, 234. See Yellow, and cf. Gild, v. t.]

1. (Chem.) A metallic element of atomic number 79, constituting the most precious metal used as a common commercial medium of exchange. It has a characteristic yellow color, is one of the heaviest substances known (specific gravity 19.32), is soft, and very malleable and ductile. It is quite unalterable by heat (melting point 1064.4[deg] C), moisture, and most corrosive agents, and therefore well suited for its use in coin and jewelry. Symbol Au ( Aurum). Atomic weight 196.97.

   Note: Native gold contains usually eight to ten per cent of silver, but often much more. As the amount of silver increases, the color becomes whiter and the specific gravity lower. Gold is very widely disseminated, as in the sands of many rivers, but in very small quantity. It usually occurs in quartz veins (gold quartz), in slate and metamorphic rocks, or in sand and alluvial soil, resulting from the disintegration of such rocks. It also occurs associated with other metallic substances, as in auriferous pyrites, and is combined with tellurium in the minerals petzite, calaverite, sylvanite, etc. Pure gold is too soft for ordinary use, and is hardened by alloying with silver and copper, the latter giving a characteristic reddish tinge. [See Carat.] Gold also finds use in gold foil, in the pigment purple of Cassius, and in the chloride, which is used as a toning agent in photography.

2. Money; riches; wealth.

   For me, the gold of France did not seduce.
   --Shak.

3. A yellow color, like that of the metal; as, a flower tipped with gold.

4. Figuratively, something precious or pure; as, hearts of gold. --Shak. Age of gold. See Golden age, under Golden. Dutch gold, Fool's gold, Gold dust, etc. See under Dutch, Dust, etc. Gold amalgam, a mineral, found in Columbia and California, composed of gold and mercury. Gold beater, one whose occupation is to beat gold into gold leaf. Gold beater's skin, the prepared outside membrane of the large intestine of the ox, used for separating the leaves of metal during the process of gold-beating. Gold beetle (Zo["o]l.), any small gold-colored beetle of the family Chrysomelid[ae]; -- called also golden beetle. Gold blocking, printing with gold leaf, as upon a book cover, by means of an engraved block. --Knight. Gold cloth. See Cloth of gold, under Cloth. Gold Coast, a part of the coast of Guinea, in West Africa. Gold cradle. (Mining) See Cradle, n., 7. Gold diggings, the places, or region, where gold is found by digging in sand and gravel from which it is separated by washing. Gold end, a fragment of broken gold or jewelry. Gold-end man.

   1. A buyer of old gold or jewelry.

   2. A goldsmith's apprentice.

   3. An itinerant jeweler. ``I know him not: he looks like a gold-end man.'' --B. Jonson. Gold fever, a popular mania for gold hunting. Gold field, a region in which are deposits of gold. Gold finder.

      1. One who finds gold.

      2. One who empties privies. [Obs. & Low]
         --Swift.

         Gold flower, a composite plant with dry and persistent yellow radiating involucral scales, the Helichrysum St[oe]chas of Southern Europe. There are many South African species of the same genus.

         Gold foil, thin sheets of gold, as used by dentists and others. See Gold leaf.

         Gold knobs or Gold knoppes (Bot.), buttercups.

         Gold lace, a kind of lace, made of gold thread.

         Gold latten, a thin plate of gold or gilded metal.

         Gold leaf, gold beaten into a film of extreme thinness, and used for gilding, etc. It is much thinner than gold foil.

         Gold lode (Mining), a gold vein.

         Gold mine, a place where gold is obtained by mining operations, as distinguished from diggings, where it is extracted by washing. Cf. Gold diggings (above).

         Gold nugget, a lump of gold as found in gold mining or digging; -- called also a pepito.

         Gold paint. See Gold shell.

         Gold pheasant, or Golden pheasant. (Zo["o]l.) See under Pheasant.

         Gold plate, a general name for vessels, dishes, cups, spoons, etc., made of gold.

         Mosaic gold. See under Mosaic.

Dust \Dust\ (d[u^]st), n. [AS. dust; cf. LG. dust, D. duist meal dust, OD. doest, donst, and G. dunst vapor, OHG. tunist, dunist, a blowing, wind, Icel. dust dust, Dan. dyst mill dust; perh. akin to L. fumus smoke, E. fume. [root]7

1. ] 1. Fine, dry particles of earth or other matter, so comminuted that they may be raised and wafted by the wind; that which is crumbled to minute portions; fine powder; as, clouds of dust; bone dust.

   Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
   --Gen. iii. 19.

   Stop! -- for thy tread is on an empire's dust.
   --Byron.

2. A single particle of earth or other matter. [R.] ``To touch a dust of England's ground.''
   --Shak.

3. The earth, as the resting place of the dead.

   For now shall sleep in the dust.
   --Job vii. 21.

4. The earthy remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body.

   And you may carve a shrine about my dust.
   --Tennyson.

5. Figuratively, a worthless thing.

   And by the merit of vile gold, dross, dust.
   --Shak.

6. Figuratively, a low or mean condition.

   [God] raiseth up the poor out of the dust.
   --1 Sam. ii. 8.

7. Gold dust; hence: (Slang) Coined money; cash.

   Down with the dust, deposit the cash; pay down the money. [Slang] ``My lord, quoth the king, presently deposit your hundred pounds in gold, or else no going hence all the days of your life. . . . The Abbot down with his dust, and glad he escaped so, returned to Reading.''
   --Fuller.

   Dust brand (Bot.), a fungous plant ( Ustilago Carbo); -- called also smut.

   Gold dust, fine particles of gold, such as are obtained in placer mining; -- often used as money, being transferred by weight.

   In dust and ashes. See under Ashes.

   To bite the dust. See under Bite, v. t.

   To raise dust, or

   To kick up dust, to make a commotion. [Colloq.]

   To throw dust in one's eyes, to mislead; to deceive.

n. 1 Gold in the form of very small pieces, or flour gold. 2 (context figuratively English) Anything of great value. 3 (taxlink Aurinia saxatilis species noshow=1)

n. the particles and flakes (and sometimes small nuggets) of gold obtained in placer mining

Gold dust refers to fine particles of gold produced by machining or occurring naturally.

Gold dust may also refer to:

Gold Dust is the Second studio album from Welsh rock band The Dirty Youth. It was released on May 11, 2015 via Universal Records

"Gold Dust" is a song by Swedish electronic music duo Galantis. It was released on 23 February 2015 as the third single from their debut studio album Pharmacy (2015). It became available on April 4, 2015 upon pre-order of the LP. The track features uncredited and heavily modified vocals from Vincent Pontare.

Gold Dust (c. 1873 – November 4, 1898) was a male Asian elephant that resided at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. from April 30, 1891 until his death. He was indefinitely lent to the National Zoo as a companion for Dunk by the Adam Forepaugh Circus. He is also alleged to have disemboweled a man in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1884.

On November 3, 1898, Gold Dust collapsed while walking to Rock Creek with his companion Dunk. Even with Dunk's assistance, he was unable to rise and died the following morning. A postmortem examination revealed that his intestines were inflamed and his teeth were in bad shape and could not close properly.

Gold Dust is a live album by English folk rock singer Sandy Denny. It documents one of Denny's last public performances and was recorded at London's "Sound Circus" venue at the Royalty Theatre, Portugal Street, near Aldwych, London (now the Peacock Theatre) on 27 November 1977. The album features many of her classic songs both as a solo artist and as a member of Fairport Convention and Fotheringay and remains the most extensive documentation of Sandy's live work with a backing band. The album was not released at the time of original recording owing to stated technical problems with the master tape, and was only released in 1998 after various guitar and backing vocal tracks parts were re-recorded by Jerry Donahue and others.

"Gold Dust" is a song by British-based drum and bass producer DJ Fresh. Originally put out as a 12" in 2008, it was re-released in 2010 featuring vocals from Ce'Cile although there is a version of the song on his album Nextlevelism which features Ms. Dynamite. It is the third single released from his second album Kryptonite. The 2010 version of the song peaked at No. 24 on the UK Singles Chart. The video was directed by Ben Newman and edited by Jacek Zajkowski. In 2012, Shy FX made a 're-edit' of the song that was re-released to radio. This version reached No. 22 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 39 on the Irish Singles Chart. The sales of all versions are combined together enabling it to have sold in excess of 600,000 copies, receiving a Platinum certification, despite never reaching the top twenty of the UK Singles Chart.

Gold Dust is the thirteenth solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Tori Amos, released on October 1, 2012 by Deutsche Grammophon and Mercury Classics. The album is produced by Amos with arrangements by long-time collaborator John Philip Shenale. Inspired by and following in a similar vein as Amos's previous effort, the classical music album Night of Hunters (2011), Gold Dust features some of her previously released alternative rock and baroque pop songs re-worked in an orchestral setting. The material for Gold Dust, consisting of songs selected by Amos spanning her entire catalogue from Little Earthquakes (1992) through Midwinter Graces (2009), was recorded with the Metropole Orchestra, conducted by Jules Buckley.