There was a story going around the turn of the last century that some
placer miners (oldtimers) used to leave some small gold nuggets in situ
in a fast moving stream so the nuggets would grow larger.
Chris. Spratt
Victoria, BC
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There was a story going around the turn of the last century that some
placer miners (oldtimers) used to leave some small gold nuggets in situ
in a fast moving stream so the nuggets would grow larger.
There must have been some mighty dumb miners where you lived. The one's I
hung out with
Quartz formed in the Earth's crust, and stayed there. It is light
(compared with gold) and doesn't have an affinity for iron. Indeed, it
continues to form, given the abundance of silicon and oxygen in the
crust and mantle. In bulk, there is no more gold in meteorites than in
the Earth. The
Quartz forms on Earth.
On 9/10/2011 2:36 PM, cdtuc...@cox.net wrote:
Paul, List,
It seems to me that much of the Gold found on Earth is accompanied by Quartz.
In fact most of the finest Non-nugget specimens are usually found in quartz.
That said; If this gold came from space then where did
@meteoritecentral.com; Paul H. oxytropidoce...@cox.net
Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2011 2:36 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites delivered Earth's gold
Paul, List,
It seems to me that much of the Gold found on Earth is accompanied by Quartz.
In fact most of the finest Non-nugget specimens are usually
In [meteorite-list] Meteorites delivered Earth's gold at:
http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/meteorite-list/2011-September/079706.html
Carl Asked,
It seems to me that much of the Gold found on Earth
is accompanied by Quartz. In fact most of the finest
Non-nugget specimens are usually found
Carl,
The earth's crust is under a continuous process of differentiation by
various processes. By differentiation I mean the separation and
concentration of the various elements. There are probably a multitude of
mechanisms that allow concentration of specific elements, and all three
rock types
John Hendry gave us a good description of gold forming processes but
there is another method. This is the direct deposition of gold that has
been dissolved by biologic processes and not necessarily at higher than
surface temperatures. Here's one article:
Young Earth was sprinkled with precious metals
physicsworld.com, Sept. 7, 2011
http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/47116
Where does all the gold come from? University of
Bristol, Sept 7, 2011
http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2011/7885.html
Meteorites delivered Earth's gold, by Leila
Paul, List,
It seems to me that much of the Gold found on Earth is accompanied by Quartz.
In fact most of the finest Non-nugget specimens are usually found in quartz.
That said; If this gold came from space then where did the quartz come from and
for that matter why is gold not found buried in
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