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Geologists have known for decades that gold forms in quartz with the help of earthquakes, but now they have worked out exactly how the setting and seismic waves combine to form large nuggets.

This article was originally published with the title “Gold Quartz Pulverizer and Amalgamator” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 8 No. 9 (November 1852), p. 65 doi:10.1038 ...

To study how earthquakes help form the gold nuggets, scientists conducted lab experiments with quartz slabs that were submerged in gold-rich liquid.

Interestingly enough, earthquakes have the ability to cause quartz to form large gold nuggets, a fact that has been well-known among scientists for decades.

An initial grab sample from the quartz boulder train returned 5.0 g/t gold. Follow-up prospecting in late November uncovered additional quartz vein boulders.