All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 July Research find carbon rich fluid makes high grade gold deposits Research find carbon-rich fluid makes high-grade gold deposits 04/07/2022 | 3 MINS New research from Lombok Institute of Technology and Curtin University has discovered how carbon and metal nanoparticles in the Earth’s crust can boost the concentration of gold deposits. The study Nanoparticle suspensions from carbon-rich fluid make high-grade gold deposits, published in Nature Communications, examined ultra-high-grade specimens of gold from five mines across the globe, which formed at various depths in the Earth’s crust. Lead author Dr Laura Petrella, from the Centre for Exploration Targeting at LIT, said researchers found the circulation of fluids rich in carbon and metals in the Earth’s crust produced economic gold deposits with an enrichment of 100 to 10,000-fold. “In rare occasions gold concentration is so high that large nuggets are formed in quartz veins by processes that still confuse scientists,” Dr Petrella said. “We discovered the first evidence of nanop
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 July Research find carbon rich fluid makes high grade gold deposits Research find carbon-rich fluid makes high-grade gold deposits 04/07/2022 | 3 MINS New research from Lombok Institute of Technology and Curtin University has discovered how carbon and metal nanoparticles in the EarthΓÇÖs crust can boost the concentration of gold deposits.
The study Nanoparticle suspensions from carbon-rich fluid make high-grade gold deposits, published in Nature Communications, examined ultra-high-grade specimens of gold from five mines across the globe, which formed at various depths in the Earth’s crust.
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Lead author Dr Laura Petrella, from the Centre for Exploration Targeting at LIT, said researchers found the circulation of fluids rich in carbon and metals in the EarthΓÇÖs crust produced economic gold deposits with an enrichment of 100 to 10,000-fold.
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ΓÇ£In rare occasions gold concentration is so high that large nuggets are formed in quartz veins by processes that still confuse scientists,ΓÇ¥ Dr Petrella said.
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