The rock needed to be powdered so we could get to all the gold inside it. This was a time-consuming job because we needed a very fine powder — much finer than even sand. (We wore out several ...

For many years, David Hole kept the rock he found near Melbourne at home, believing it concealed gold inside. To his surprise, his discovery proved to be much more precious. The story, reported by ...

Robbers used explosives to force open a door at a Dutch museum early Saturday morning, stealing several gold masterpieces ... 4:15 a.m., but no one was inside the burning vehicle.

and minerals and rocks affect landform development and form natural resources such as gold, tin, iron, marble, and granite. Silicates—including quartz, mica, olivine, and precious minerals such ...

In 2015, David Hole found a heavy rock, believing it to contain gold. After years of futile attempts to crack it open, he took it to the Melbourne Museum, where it was identified as the 4.6 ...