Monday, September 10, 2018

It's not Velveeta Shells and Cheese


Some miners in Australia found some rocks -- rocks covered with gold.

I kid you not.   And not just some little rocks with a little bit of gold, but BIG rocks covered with a LOT of gold.

Given all the gold that we humans have extracted from the Earth, something like this is likely to be an increasingly rare occurrence.  And it's already pretty rare.

Huge gold-encrusted rocks unearthed in Australia
"The largest specimen, weighing 95kg (210lb), was found to contain more than 2,400 ounces of gold, Canadian miner RNC Minerals said.

The company said it had extracted gold worth about C$15m (£9m; $11m) from a mine near Kalgoorlie last week."
Here's some pictures of this short but impressive gold rush.




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