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How do you make a giant gold nugget? Take a vein of quartz, add a few thousand earthquakes

  • Written by Christopher Voisey, Research Fellow in the School of Earth, Atmosphere, & Environment, Monash University
How do you make a giant gold nugget? Take a vein of quartz, add a few thousand earthquakesBjorn Wylezich / Shutterstock

Humanity’s fascination with gold stretches back thousands of years. Gold mining is described in ancient Greek and Roman sources, and gold rushes – especially in the 19th century – played a powerful role in shaping the modern world.

The dense, yellow metal is often found in veins of the rocky mineral...

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