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How earthquakes build beefy gold nuggets

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When strained by earthquakes, underground networks of quartz veins generate enough voltage to snatch gold from passing fluids.

The findings explain how fluids carrying meager amounts of gold can concoct large nuggets, even in chemically inert settings.

“You find a 2-meter -wide quartz vein, and there’s a big gold nugget right in the middle,” says geologist Christopher Voisey .

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