
“Solid gold can be deposited in Earth’s crust ‘almost instantaneously’ during earthquakes, said a study published in the journal Nature Geoscience. The gold is formed when a tremor splits open a fluid-filled cavity in the Earth’s crust, causing a sudden drop in pressure. This, in turn, causes the fluid to expand rapidly and evaporate, and any gold particles that had been dissolved in it to ‘precipitate almost immediately’, said a Nature press release. The researchers said much of the world’s known gold was derived from quarts veins that were formed during geological periods of mountain building as long as three billion years ago.”
Related posts:
U.S. commodity regulator faces court challenge over attempt to regulate cryptocurrency
Greek footballer given lifetime national ban after apparent Nazi salute
Spain halts evictions of vulnerable homeowners
AFP: War Powers Resolution gives Obama the power to attack Syria
European Union ministers back ban on menthol cigarettes
Truck Driver Nearly Beaten to Death By Police For Not Signing Traffic Ticket
New York May Require 'BitLicenses' For Bitcoin Companies
Caribbean and Central America Close Tax Loopholes
Kill ‘All Whites’, Says New Black Panthers
Glenn Greenwald: Members of Congress denied access to basic information about NSA
Actor Gerard Depardieu ‘giving up French passport’ in tax controversy
Israel arrests teen girls over hate attack on Palestinians
Google boss: Entire world will be online by 2020
Global Debt Exceeds $100 Trillion as Governments Binge, BIS Says
Criminalizing Photography