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Gold is considered the most "noble" of all metals because it is exceptionally resistant to oxidation, corrosion, and tarnish. This electrochemical nobility means that gold strongly resists losing electrons and typically remains in its original metallic state rather than forming oxides or ions.For this reason, in Chinese tea culture, the filters were often made entirely of gold, lasting generations without affecting the taste of the tea.#Gold #Tea #China

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/world/americas/us-mint-gold-drug-cartel-colombia.htmlU.S. Mint Buys Drug Cartel Gold and Sells It as ‘American’The Mint buys gold that originates in a Colombian drug cartel mine. It makes Lady Liberty coins out of gold from Mexican and Peruvian pawn shops and from a Congolese mine that is part-owned by the Chinese government, records show. Some Mint gold has come from a company in Honduras that dug up an Indigenous graveyard for the ore underneath.Congress in 1985 prohibited the Mint from making bullion out of foreign gold because it wanted to insulate the process from human rights abuses, primarily in apartheid South Africa. The Mint has flouted that law, across Democratic and Republican administrations, despite internal warnings.Gold mining funds Sudan’s brutal civil war and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Surging gold prices have helped Venezuela and Iran temper the effects of financial sanctions. Colombia’s biggest cartel, the Clan del Golfo, traffics in gold alongside cocaine — and uses the proceeds to maintain control through murder and bombings.#trump #resist #gold #mint