Their study shows that a unique "dense liquid layer" at the interface between pyrite and water acts as a "nano-factory," promoting the nucleation, growth and enrichment of gold even in fluids with ...

Chinese scientists have, for the first time, captured at the nanoscale the dynamic process by which natural gold ...

Such alteration is easily visualized, often showing a light pink color on a rock surface. It can be used as an indicator of nearby gold mineralization. Despite this well-documented relationship, it ...

of how the precious metal came to be available in disparate forms, and how some gold-ore deposits might have been formed.