Have you ever opened your curtains to be surprised with a large blanket of snow on top of everything? What if we tell you that there is enough gold on our planet to give the whole earth a golden blanket all at once? It might sound crazy, so we recommend that you keep reading to discover what we’re talking about!
Earth’s Core has enough gold to cover everything in gold!
It’s true; there is enough gold present on this planet to cover the whole in a blanket of gold. And we’re not talking about a couple of Milimeters. There is enough gold to cover us with a 30-centimeter (13-inch) blanket all over the globe. Now that you know this, you might wonder why gold is still so expensive. This is because we can’t really reach the biggest source of gold on Earth.
The gold wasn’t here in the beginning. However, when the earth was still forming, meteorites with platinum and gold crashed into the earth and provided these resources. Since Earth was still not completely formed, the gold and platinum sank to Earth’s core and stayed there. The gold we have mined over the past decades came from meteorites that hit Earth in later stages! Research on ancient Greenland rocks shows surface gold once existed in higher amounts but migrated to the mantle. Later, meteorites replenished minerals like gold and platinum on the crust.
Gold is still one of the most valuable metals on earth
Gold has always been valuable. It was used for trade and making jewelry when it was first found. We have sources that talk about gold mining that date back more than 7000 years ago! A combination of Artifacts from Bulgaria to Roman Conquests showcases that humans have always been obsessed with the yellow metal.
Nowadays, this is still the case, but there are so many other uses for it as well. Since it is one of the densest metals, it is extremely good at conducting electricity, so it is also used in many tools, technology, and much more! It also helps conduct heat, which is why it is often used in heat management as well.
Even though we have an incredible amount of gold around the Earth’s core, the amount of accessible gold has a limit. We can’t access the giant supply as it is more than 1800 miles below the surface, where temperatures reach several thousand degrees!
