Scientists have uncovered the truth behind the incredible process that can turn quartz into huge gold nuggets. Gold and precious metals have long fascinated human beings, particularly when they ...

For decades, researchers have known that earthquakes, quartz, and gold were linked—nearly 75% of gold circulating today came from nuggets originally embedded in quartz deposits near faults.

Gold has always been a hot commodity. But these days, finding a nugget isn’t too tricky: Much of the world’s gold is mined from natural veins of quartz, a glassy mineral that streaks through ...

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.

Earth Earthquakes may explain how huge gold nuggets form in quartz rock Quartz crystals produce electricity when they are deformed by mechanical stress, which may explain how enormous chunks of ...

Most nuggets originate from the quartz veins formed in orogenic gold systems found around the world. These systems have had significant economic importance throughout human history, representing ...

A huge 60-kilogram gold nugget allegedly found near Kalgoorlie has the Australian mining community literally suffering from gold fever. According to ABC News, the nugget has an estimated value of ...

Gold nuggets, almost synonymous with the Yukon, are becoming more rare in a territory where a gold panner is on the licence plates. Tara Christie, who grew up on various placer mining creeks in ...