Gold is a highly valuable metal, since the begining of time people have seen gold as a symbol of class. Just the color gold has a status symbol. There has been aprox. 161,000 tons of gold mined thoughout history.
White Gold?
White gold is still gold. The alloys added to gold in jewelry to make it harder are different in white gold than in yellow gold. There is more nickel, palladium, silver and other white metals.