Too bad there's no way to cap a volcano like this one and capture the gold, but even if it was possible they'd need a helluva big cap.
Antarctic volcano emits $6,000 worth of gold daily Staff Writer | April 30, 2024 | 10:16 am News Gold
Mount Erebus (Wikimedia Commons)
"Mount Erebus, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, spews around 80 grams of gold into the frigid air of Antarctica daily, IFLScience reported.
The volcano, one of Antarctica’s 138 active ones, reportedly emits pockets of gas containing crystallized gold each day, valued at almost $6,000.
The dust is present as far as 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) away from the volcano, which stands at 12,448 feet, according to IFLScience.
According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Earth Observatory, gold dust is just one of many things being spewed out of Erebus.
The volcano sits above a thin slice of crust, so molten rock more easily rises up from Earth’s interior. It regularly emits plumes of gas and steam, and occasionally spits out rocks (bombs) in strombolian eruptions, according to NASA.
The volcano is perhaps most notorious, however, for the Mount Erebus disaster.
An Erebus crystal is a crystal of anorthoclase (a type of feldspar) found in the immediate area surrounding Mount Erebus near McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Th formation of these crystals is not understood, it is evident that the crystals grow in the magma beneath Mount Erebus and are ejected out of the mountain encased in glassy volcanic bombs. This glass structure quickly weathers away leaving the mountainside covered in crystals.
I got a few of these from a fellow opal mine claim holder who goes there on expeditions.
Of course not. Cant even think where they are stashed off hand . I also did not get a pic of the cutest little hemlock cone i found today then traded to the mine. Not precious but not even 1/2 " long. white potch.
