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according to Wikipedia, all the mined gold in the world would fill a cube 20.2 by 20.2 by 20.2 meters!
Silver
You may have read about silver as an alternative investment option. As demand starts to outrun supply, prices are set to go up quickly. Will silver maintain the steady growth that gold has observed however?
If we have a look at the charts below, you can see that silver has also had its share of growth, and usually mimics the price of gold.
I have included a chart showing the last 19 years and you can see that gold seems to grow at a faster rate towards the end of the chart. This may be due to gold's reputation as a secure investment option immune to recession, national debt, the threat of war and other factors which traditionally have effected local currency.
The red line below shows the ratio of gold to silver. Interestingly, it seems that silver reacts to the price of gold.
Data from silver as an investment Wikipedia page.
Other Precious Metals
Of course there are other precious and not so precious metals. You may want to consider other metal investment options as well.