According to the researchers, while the “dominant” gold-bearing compounds in orogenic quartz-vein fluids are Au(HS) 2 – and Au(HS) 0, a reaction that causes AuCl 4 – to gain electrons will ...

Gold deposits in a quartz crystal against a black background. To test this idea, the researchers simulated the effect of an earthquake on quartz crystals in the laboratory.

The results were striking. Under these conditions, the stressed quartz crystals not only deposited gold onto their surfaces but also seemed to attract additional gold particles, forming larger ...

Not only did the crystals generate a voltage every time they rattled, but an electron scanning microscope later revealed that gold nanoparticles had begun to accumulate on the quartz's surface.

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In the growing fine minerals market, such crystalline gold specimens often sell for far more than the value of the gold by ...