Gold nuggets are formed in the earth's crust during earthquakes, scientists have proven
Australian scientists came to this conclusion in an article published in the journal Nature Geoscience. The electricity generated by the quartz plays a key role in this process.
Scientists theorize that gold-bearing solutions penetrate cracks in quartz veins, and electric fields generated during tremors cause gold to precipitate and create nuggets.
At the same time, experiments have shown that after the deposition of the first gold particles, subsequent deformations cause gold particles to be deposited in new layers.
