In the growing fine minerals market, such crystalline gold specimens often sell for far more than the value of the gold by ...

How do gold nuggets form? Earthquakes may be the key Scientists have finally solved a long-standing mystery about the geologic process behind these large pieces of gold found in quartz rock.

Stumbling on a giant gold nugget and never working again is something we’ve all daydreamed about, but how exactly do they form? A new experiment has found that earthquakes and electricity might ...

Spark of Gold Electric currents in the Earth may be responsible for the formation of gold nuggets, new research suggests. As detailed in a new study, published in the journal Nature Geoscience ...

Scientists reveal that earthquakes generate electricity in quartz, explaining how enormous gold nuggets grow in deep rock fractures.

Electric discharges underground cause gold atoms to accumulate, which eventually forms gold nuggets, the researchers suggest.

Natural piezoelectric effect may build gold deposits How does an unreactive, barely soluble metal end up forming giant chunks?

To study how earthquakes help form the gold nuggets, scientists conducted lab experiments with quartz slabs that were submerged in gold-rich liquid.

The mechanism behind the formation of gold nuggets has remained an enigma to the scientific community.