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Scientists 'strike gold' in shocking discovery from Hawaiian volcanic rocks
A German university,Gttingen University, has literally "struck gold" in recent findings from volcanic rocks.A new study of these volcanic rocks from Hawaii, that leaked out from deep under the lithosphere, contained various precious metals.Dr. Nils Messling of the Gttingen Universitys Department of Geochemistry said in a news release they were surprised when the test results came in."When the first results came in, we realized that we had literally struck gold! Our data confirmed that material from the core, including gold and other precious metals, is leaking into the Earth's mantle above," Messling said.LARGEST GOLD DEPOSIT IN THE WORLD WORTH $83 BILLION FOUND IN CHINAApproximately 99% of the Earths gold is buried deep in the Earths Metallic Core, far out of humankinds reach.The gold is currently buried about 1,800 miles deep in the core.The discovery of this ruthenium, which was formed and locked down with gold, might be a telling sign that these volcanic rocks are coming from deep within the Earth.HAWAII'S KILAUEA VOLCANO ERUPTS WITH 1,000-FOOT LAVA FOUNTAINING"Our findings not only show that the Earths core is not as isolated as previously assumed. We can now also prove that huge volumes of super-heated mantle material several hundreds of quadrillion metric tonnes of rock originate at the core-mantle boundary and rise to the Earths surface to form ocean islands like Hawaii," said Professor Matthias Willbold in a news release.There is a way to test for isotopes of ruthenium, especially when differences are small variations of the same element.The isotopes of ruthenium in the Earth's core are slightly different from those on the surface, with the difference being too small to really detect.However,new procedures developed by researchers at the University of Gttingen have made it possible."Whether these processes that we observe today have also been operating in the past remains to be proven. Our findings open up an entirely new perspective on the evolution of the inner dynamics of our home planet," Messling said in a statement.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPWith these precious metals beginning to leak to the Earths surface, it could suggest that the supplies of gold and others important for renewable energy came from the Earths core.
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