Striking rare gold.
Researchers unveil new material infused with gold in an exotic chemical state by Stanford University. Structure of the gold-halide perovskite is the elongated gold-chloride octahedra, composed of gold (Au) surrounded by six neighboring chlorine (Cl) atoms, are shaded in the structure: burnt-red octahedra represent Au2+-chloride…Read More
An archaeological find on an island in southern Norway is dubbed the gold find of the century.
A Norwegian man needed a hobby. His new metal detector found a showy 1,500-year-old gold necklace. Norway, Thursday Sept. 7, 2023. Bore found nine pendants, three rings and 10 gold pearls on a southern island in what was described as the gold find of the…Read More
A New Rush to Find Gold in the Sierra Nevada Foothills.
Pummeling storms over the winter, along with copious spring snowmelt, have created optimal conditions for gold to emerge. In their lust for riches, the miners of the gold rush moved a gargantuan amount of dirt. A prominent geologist, Grove Karl Gilbert, calculated in the early…Read More
Earth’s gold came from colliding dead stars.
New observations confirm that colliding neutron stars produce short gamma-ray bursts. Such collisions produce rare heavy elements, including gold. All Earth’s gold likely came from colliding neutron stars. We value gold for many reasons: its beauty, its usefulness as jewelry, and its rarity. Gold is…Read More
Swiss researchers create unscratchable gold.
EPFL scientists have created 18-karat gold that’s harder than tempered steel and virtually unscratchable. By combining a gold alloy with boron carbide, an extremely hard ceramic that’s used in bulletproof vests, a team of EPFL researchers has succeeded in making the world’s toughest 18-karat gold…Read More