Scientists are intrigued by how gold nuggets form, often tucked in quartz veins. The process seems to involve earthquakes and ...

Recreational gold mining is a pastime for many people these days, and for good reason: the largest nugget ever found in ...

Scientists have discovered exactly how earthquakes trigger quartz into forming large gold nuggets — finally solving a mystery that's puzzled researchers for decades. "Gold forms in quartz all the time ...

A gold-hunter claims to have found the UK’s largest gold nugget, weighing a hefty 121.3 grams (4.28 ounces), in a Scottish river. The metal lump, found in two pieces and dubbed “The Reunion Nugget,” ...

Gold has always been a hot commodity. But these days, finding a nugget isn’t too tricky: Much of the world’s gold is mined from natural veins of quartz, a glassy mineral that streaks through large ...

When earthquakes squeeze quartz crystals, the mineral generates electricity that attracts gold particles. Pierre Longnus via Getty Images Earthquakes may help prospectors strike gold: When these ...

Solid gold bars stacked in bank vaults, plating on the summer’s Olympic medals, or even your own pieces of gold jewelry could owe their existence to earthquakes. The stress and strain produced by ...

“There is an old saying,” longtime numismatics dealer Bob Campbell says, “that gold brings men together like fire in a dark room.” Unfortunately for Campbell, gold also attracts thieves. So Campbell ...