"Chunky gold nuggets tend to form far underground along fracture lines that run through quartz, but the reason why has never been nailed down."

#NoPaywall on the Guardian article or the linked Nature Geoscience publication. #Geology #Piezoelectricity #Quartz #Gold

https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/sep/02/scientists-find-seismic-role-in-formation-of-large-gold-nuggets