I have read that gold and emeralds are often found in, or near, veins
of quartz. The reasons for emeralds being found there is
understandable since both are crystal formations, but why is gold
found with quartz? What do the two have in common?
Re: Quartz? ... The reasons for emeralds being found there is ...Gold and iron are also ejected into water where iron ... turns into sulfuric acid as in Acid Mine Drainage. ... essential in the formation of synthetic emeralds, ... (sci.geo.geology)
Re: Volcanoes and Gold, the Metal ...John Curtis wrote: ... What is the chemistry, physics and the transportation... >> mechanisms for the gold that do occur here? ... > which may be responsible for the gold in quartz veins.... (sci.chem)
Re: Volcanoes and Gold, the Metal ... ` John Curtis wrote: ... `>> mechanisms for the gold that do occur here? ... `> which may be responsible for the gold in quartz veins....Gold coatings can be made thin enough to be transparent, ... (sci.chem)
Re: Volcanoes and Gold, the Metal ...John Curtis wrote: ... What is the chemistry, physics and the transportation... >> mechanisms for the gold that do occur here? ... > which may be responsible for the gold in quartz veins.... (sci.geo.geology)
Re: Volcanoes and Gold, the Metal ... ` John Curtis wrote: ... `>> mechanisms for the gold that do occur here? ... `> which may be responsible for the gold in quartz veins....Gold coatings can be made thin enough to be transparent, ... (sci.geo.geology)