Scientists have discovered exactly how earthquakes trigger quartz into forming large gold nuggets — finally solving a mystery that's puzzled researchers for decades. "Gold forms in quartz all the time ...

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 large ...

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. But in ...

An amateur gold prospector stumbles upon a rock containing kilos of gold in Victoria thanks to a cheap detector.

I am exploring a research collaboration agreement with Kirkland Lake Gold Australia Pty Ltd. An amateur gold prospector in Victoria, Australia, recently discovered a gold nugget big enough to hold in ...