The gold humans have access to on earth came from space

[UncleMatt]

Hi All,

Here is another interesting article I came across that talks about research that proves the gold humans have access to in the Earth's crust came from gold contained in meteorites that impacted the planet after the planetary crust had already formed and solidified. It also refers to the fact that most of the gold in the Earth was pulled to the core by gravity while the earth was still in a molten state.

This also makes me wonder what formed the gold in the meteorites. It would have had to have been created in stars that later went supernova. There is still a lot we don't know.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110907132044.htm

 

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[IDXMonster]

Iron-nickel meteorites do indeed have trace amounts of gold,iridium,etc. Because gold is formed in what would be the later stages of a supernova and it's only able to be formed for a very short duration, there is naturally less of it. Gravity sent it toward the core when the Earth was still molten, and plate tectonics along with volcanism put it in the places found today,along with surface activity such as rivers and such. What's to understand? It all makes perfect sense,as long as no conspiracy theorists are present....

 

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[hvacker]

People, by their nature, want answers. A curious breed.
Meteorite analysis that I have available lists these percentages:
Iron 88-92.46%
Ni 6.9-16.32%
CO 0.42-0.55%
P .57-0.0001%
S trace-0.26%
C trace-0.4%
Cu None-.05%
Si trace-.04%
Mn none-trace
Cr trace-0.02%

trace of Gallium, palladium, gold, zinc, analysis in ppm and are not included in the main list.
These numbers are from the Glorieta fall but are representative of meteorites I've read about.
More modern forms of measurement might have more exact percentages.
The numbers here don't seem to be anywhere close to accounting for the gold on Earth.


Follow the evidence. Theories are not laws but we build most everything with theories and very few laws.

 

[Duckshot]

Oh, good Lord! The foolishness of people trying to explain how things came to be all by itself.

Although it might be an entertaining thought, but after you realize that from all of the millions of meteorites recovered to date every single one is made of iron and doesn't contain a single trace of gold.

Nor is any gold associated with any meteor crater, it is always associated with quartz veins or hydrothermal deposits.

I don't disagree, but there is a pre-ice age crater in N.W. Wisconsin called The Rock Elm Disturbance where gold is found in abundance compared to surrounding areas. Whether the gold was pushed up from the Earth by the impact, deposited in the depression by roaming ice sheets, or left from the meteor itself has not been determined.

 

[UncleMatt]

When the Earth formed there was a lot more material spread around in our solar system than there is today. Judging what was going on billions of years ago by what is going on today when it comes to the content of asteroids and meteorites would not be valid in my opinion. Heavier asteroids would have tended to clump together in the early solar system due to gravitational attraction, perhaps serving as the cores of moons and planets. Which could easily explain why we don't find gold in most meteorites found by humans. Gravity already combed the majority of gold rich asteroids out of free space. So they are likely much less common.

 

[Duckshot]

Do you mean denser objects would tend to clump together first due to gravity? Not "heavier".

 

[ClaimStake]

don't drink the coolaid.

you would be surprised how misled the population is about how things really work.

we don't need people running around with high powered hand held ray guns.

reality is all smoke and mirrors, the universe is just a holodeck.

 

[arizau]

I won't make any profound conclusions but here are a couple of studies with their own interesting "facts"/educated guesses.

Somewhere between 5 and 300 metric tons of cosmic dust enter Earth's atmosphere EVERY DAY according to this report. https://www.universetoday.com/94392/getting-a-handle-on-how-much-cosmic-dust-hits-earth/.

Chondrite meteorites, for one, have been estimated to contain about 1.4 ppm of Au in the metallic phase of those meteorites (by definition that is 1.4 gm Au/metric ton) and other types contain a similar quantity according to this report. https://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1968/0603/report.pdf.

Cosmic dust must be mostly made up of the same composition of the different types of meteorites including the metallic phase of chondrites so for millions or billions of years......draw your own conclusions.

 

[Capt Nemo]

we don't need people running around with high powered hand held ray guns.

If you only knew.....

 

[ClaimStake]

If you only knew.....

MIB called they want their coil back.

 

[johnnysau]

We all come from the cosmos, not just the gold !
johnnysau

 

[Capt Nemo]

Funny! A coil does have something to do with it!

 

[Oddjob]

What was there Free Meth Day on Tnet; never seen so many astronomers in one place before.

 

[ClaimStake]

no meth here. a little radioactive green tho.

 

[UncleMatt]

What does meth have to do with being knowledgeable about astronomy and asteroids?

 

[ClaimStake]

tweekers claim jumping and trashing has become a bit of a problem for some miners here in california.

so any deviation from the mainstream ways of thinking and you're immediately suspected of sutch.

most theories are not the director's cut.

the truth?! you can't handle the truth..., that is the truth. your brain would explode.

I wouldn't have access to the gold I do if it weren't for what I know.

 

[Capt Nemo]

High voltage experimentation, Class IV lasers and meth don't mix well!

Never look down a microwave waveguide with your remaining good eye!