Scientists have discovered exactly how earthquakes trigger quartz into forming large gold nuggets — finally solving a mystery that's puzzled researchers for decades. Gold naturally forms in ...

Interestingly enough, earthquakes have the ability to cause quartz to form large gold nuggets, a fact that has been well-known among scientists for decades. What has managed to elude them for just ...

Put simply: “If you shake quartz, it makes electricity. If you make electricity, gold comes out,” of the hydrothermal liquid in Earth’s crust, Voisey tells Robin George Andrews of National ...

Industrial gold-plating works in much the same way, only here we are gold-plating other gold. Back to nuggets Now we know how quartz and gold behave this way in the lab, we can think about geology ...

The tyrannosaur of the minerals, this gold nugget in quartz weighs more than 70 ounces (2 kilograms). Heritage Auctions. March 17, 2013, 4:07 PM EDT. By Science. By Becky Oskin, OurAmazingPlanet.

The answer, then is the quartz – not the gold. Quartz can generate an electric charge when put under mechanical stress. When it’s underground, ...

But this theory doesn't explain why large—sometimes hundred-pound—gold nuggets accumulate within quartz veins; there simply isn't enough gold in Earth's upper layers to create massive chunks ...

Gold naturally forms in quartz — the second-most abundant mineral in Earth's crust after feldspar. But unlike other types of gold deposits, those found in quartz often cluster into giant nuggets ...

In theory, the gold should cover the quartz evenly, because the hydrothermal fluids cover its surface. But in reality, the nuggets only form in concentrated areas.