Chinese scientists have, for the first time, captured at the nanoscale the dynamic process by which natural gold ...

Scientists Discover Massive ‘Supergiant’ Gold Deposit Valued at $83 Billion ...

Such alteration is easily visualized, often showing a light pink color on a rock surface. It can be used as an indicator of nearby gold mineralization. Despite this well-documented relationship, it ...

of how the precious metal came to be available in disparate forms, and how some gold-ore deposits might have been formed.

We can't usually feel them, but dozens of earthquakes occur every day—and some of them are using mundane minerals to make glittering gold. Researchers have found that tectonic shifts put just the ...

Gold nuggets have long fascinated treasure hunters and geologists alike, often found gleaming within quartz veins deep underground. Yet the exact process behind the formation of these ...