Gold is extracted from a variety of geologic deposits, but it’s frequently found within quartz veins. From afar, alabaster sheets of quartz can look like bright cobwebs weaving through rock.

In this episode, we uncover hidden gold inside large quartz rocks - using nothing but our trusty metal detectors and some good old-fashioned hard work. With the help of the Minelab Gold Monster 1000, ...

Earthquakes may cause gold nuggets to form in quartz by generating an electric field that attracts gold dissolved in fluid forced up from deep underground. Enormous gold nuggets are often ...

The researchers found that earthquakes fracture rocks and force hydrothermal fluids up into the quartz veins, filling them with dissolved gold. In response to the stress of the earthquake ...

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 ...

but “now and again,” the quartz will have “some sort of metal in it.” This might mean manganese or silver, “or there may be gold inside.” Part of the fun in finding gold is knowing it ...

The rocks were otherwise made of quartz, the company said ... underground, after finding traces of gold closer to the surface in June. RNC Minerals chief executive Mark Selby said the largest ...