Man Keeps a Rock For Years Hoping It's Gold. It Turns Out to Be Meteorite (Australia)
Man Keeps a Rock For Years Hoping It's Gold.
It Turns Out to Be Far More Valuable.
By Jacinta Bowler, ScienceAlert, November 29, 2024
Yours,
Paul H.
Showing posts with label Gold. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gold. Show all posts
Sunday, 1 December 2024
Monday, 4 August 2014
Yukon Gold Miners Find Pleistocene Fossils
Yukon Gold Miners Find Pleistocene Fossils
Fossils in them there hills: Yukon gold miners
uncover bounty in ancient animal remains each
year by Tristan Hopper, National post, July 31, 2014
http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/07/31/fossils-in-them-there-hills-yukon-gold-miners-uncover-bounty-in-ancient-animals-remains-each-year/
Ice age horse skull found near Dawson City, Yukon
Yukon's paleontologist Grant Zazula says fragments
not uncommon, but a complete skull is rare
CBC News, July 14, 2104,
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/ice-age-horse-skull-found-near-dawson-city-yukon-1.2710664
Yours,
Paul H.
Fossils in them there hills: Yukon gold miners
uncover bounty in ancient animal remains each
year by Tristan Hopper, National post, July 31, 2014
http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/07/31/fossils-in-them-there-hills-yukon-gold-miners-uncover-bounty-in-ancient-animals-remains-each-year/
Ice age horse skull found near Dawson City, Yukon
Yukon's paleontologist Grant Zazula says fragments
not uncommon, but a complete skull is rare
CBC News, July 14, 2104,
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/ice-age-horse-skull-found-near-dawson-city-yukon-1.2710664
Yours,
Paul H.
Thursday, 18 July 2013
Earth's Gold Came from Colliding Dead Stars
Earth's Gold Came from Colliding Dead Stars
Earth's Gold Came from Colliding Dead Stars
Science Daily, July 17, 2013
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130717134921.htm
Berger, E., W. Fong, and R. Chornock. Smoking
Gun or Smoldering Embers? A Possible r-process
Kilonova Associated with the Short-Hard GRB
130603B. The Astrophysical Journal Letters,
http://arxiv.org/abs/1306.3960
Also, there is:
In Quest of the Cosmic Origins of Silver: Silver
and Gold Materialized in Different Stellar
Explosions, Science Daily, Sep. 6, 2012)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120906074025.htm
Hansen, C. J., F. Primas, H. Hartman, K.-L. Kratz,
S. Wanajo, B. Leibundgut, K. Farouqi, O.
Hallmann, N. Christlieb, H. Nilsson. Silver and
palladium help unveil the nature of a second
r-process. Astronomy & Astrophysics, vol. 545,
A31 DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201118643
Yours,
Paul H.
Earth's Gold Came from Colliding Dead Stars
Science Daily, July 17, 2013
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130717134921.htm
Berger, E., W. Fong, and R. Chornock. Smoking
Gun or Smoldering Embers? A Possible r-process
Kilonova Associated with the Short-Hard GRB
130603B. The Astrophysical Journal Letters,
http://arxiv.org/abs/1306.3960
Also, there is:
In Quest of the Cosmic Origins of Silver: Silver
and Gold Materialized in Different Stellar
Explosions, Science Daily, Sep. 6, 2012)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120906074025.htm
Hansen, C. J., F. Primas, H. Hartman, K.-L. Kratz,
S. Wanajo, B. Leibundgut, K. Farouqi, O.
Hallmann, N. Christlieb, H. Nilsson. Silver and
palladium help unveil the nature of a second
r-process. Astronomy & Astrophysics, vol. 545,
A31 DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201118643
Yours,
Paul H.
Friday, 5 April 2013
Termites Strike Gold
Termites Strike Gold
Termites Strike Gold: Ant and Termite Colonies Unearth
Gold in Australia, Science Daily, Dec. 9, 2012
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/12/121211095007.htm
The papers are:
Stewart, A. D. R. R. Anand, J. S. Laird, M. Verrall,
C. G. Ryan, M. D. de Jonge, D. Paterson, D. L. Howard,
2013, Distribution of Metals in the Termite
Tumulitermes tumuli (Froggatt): Two Types of
Malpighian Tubule Concretion Host Zn and Ca
Mutually Exclusively. PLoS ONE. vol. 6, no. 11,
e27578 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027578
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0027578
Stewart, A. D., R. R. Anand, and J. Balkau, 2013,
Source of anomalous gold concentrations in
termite nests, Moolart Well, Western Australia:
implications for exploration. Geochemistry:
Exploration, Environment, Analysis. vol. 12,
no. 4, pp. 327 DOI: 10.1144/geochem2012-126
http://geea.geoscienceworld.org/content/12/4/327.abstract
PDF file at:
https://publications.csiro.au/rpr/download?pid=csiro:EP12645&dsid=DS4
Also, there is " Ant Hill Paleontology" at
http://dml.cmnh.org/2007Jun/msg00007.html
and
Newman, K. E., and J. Hatcher, 2004, Comparison
of Anthill Microfossils Between the Upper Hell
Creek Formation and the Tullock Member of the
Fort Union Formation of Eastern Montana,
Geological Society of America Abstracts with
Programs. vol. 36, no. 5, pp.366, 2004.
https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2004AM/finalprogram/abstract_79948.htm
Yours,
Paul H.
Termites Strike Gold: Ant and Termite Colonies Unearth
Gold in Australia, Science Daily, Dec. 9, 2012
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/12/121211095007.htm
The papers are:
Stewart, A. D. R. R. Anand, J. S. Laird, M. Verrall,
C. G. Ryan, M. D. de Jonge, D. Paterson, D. L. Howard,
2013, Distribution of Metals in the Termite
Tumulitermes tumuli (Froggatt): Two Types of
Malpighian Tubule Concretion Host Zn and Ca
Mutually Exclusively. PLoS ONE. vol. 6, no. 11,
e27578 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027578
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0027578
Stewart, A. D., R. R. Anand, and J. Balkau, 2013,
Source of anomalous gold concentrations in
termite nests, Moolart Well, Western Australia:
implications for exploration. Geochemistry:
Exploration, Environment, Analysis. vol. 12,
no. 4, pp. 327 DOI: 10.1144/geochem2012-126
http://geea.geoscienceworld.org/content/12/4/327.abstract
PDF file at:
https://publications.csiro.au/rpr/download?pid=csiro:EP12645&dsid=DS4
Also, there is " Ant Hill Paleontology" at
http://dml.cmnh.org/2007Jun/msg00007.html
and
Newman, K. E., and J. Hatcher, 2004, Comparison
of Anthill Microfossils Between the Upper Hell
Creek Formation and the Tullock Member of the
Fort Union Formation of Eastern Montana,
Geological Society of America Abstracts with
Programs. vol. 36, no. 5, pp.366, 2004.
https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2004AM/finalprogram/abstract_79948.htm
Yours,
Paul H.
Friday, 18 January 2013
Prospector Finds 177 Ounce Gold Nugget (Australia)
Prospector Finds 177 Ounce Gold Nugget (Australia)
Prospector makes $285,000 gold discovery
Northwest Star, January 17, 2013,
http://www.northweststar.com.au/story/1241065/video-prospector-makes-285000-gold-discovery/?cs=2452
Strewth! Lucky Aussie amateur prospector
uncovers huge gold nugget worth £200,000
The Independent, January 17, 2013
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/strewth-lucky-aussie-amateur-prospector-uncovers-huge-gold-nugget-worth-200000-8455724.html
Last Gold Nugget Found in Ballarat Region
500,000 gold nugget found in Ballarat region
by Neelima Choahan, The Courier, January 17, 2013
http://www.thecourier.com.au/story/286445/500000-gold-nugget-found-in-ballarat-region/
Best wishes,
Paul H.
Prospector makes $285,000 gold discovery
Northwest Star, January 17, 2013,
http://www.northweststar.com.au/story/1241065/video-prospector-makes-285000-gold-discovery/?cs=2452
Strewth! Lucky Aussie amateur prospector
uncovers huge gold nugget worth £200,000
The Independent, January 17, 2013
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/strewth-lucky-aussie-amateur-prospector-uncovers-huge-gold-nugget-worth-200000-8455724.html
Last Gold Nugget Found in Ballarat Region
500,000 gold nugget found in Ballarat region
by Neelima Choahan, The Courier, January 17, 2013
http://www.thecourier.com.au/story/286445/500000-gold-nugget-found-in-ballarat-region/
Best wishes,
Paul H.
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