Figure 1 Examples of visible gold in quartz vein samples from the Kingsway Project.Highlights * Two occurrences of visible gold found in quartz vein separated by 15 metres * The northeast trending ...

In this episode, we uncover hidden gold inside large quartz rocks - using nothing but our trusty metal detectors and some good old-fashioned hard work. With the help of the Minelab Gold Monster ...

These nuggets float in the middle of what geologists call quartz veins, which are cracks in quartz-rich rocks that periodically get pumped full of hydrothermal fluids from deep within the crust.

From afar, alabaster sheets of quartz can look like bright cobwebs weaving through rock. Gold-bearing quartz veins are found in parts of the crust that have undergone a lot of stress and strain ...

When strained by earthquakes, underground networks of quartz veins can generate enough voltage to snatch gold from passing fluids, researchers report September 2 in Nature Geoscience.The findings ...

Gold nuggets grow much bigger than they should – and electricity produced by earthquakes may be the reason why.

The information of a giant-size quartz vein that is more than 10 kilometers long as is rare, and for it to transform into magnificent landscape like the Gombak Selangor Quartz Ridge is extraordinary.

Amethyst, for example – which you might not realize counts as quartz, but definitely does – owes its purple hue to the presence of iron, irradiated by gamma rays from the rock surrounding the gem.

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 ...

This creates veins of quartz that can contain gold. It takes hundreds or thousands of earthquakes to create a deposit, so the quartz crystals in veins may experience thousands of episodes of stress.