2024-04-23 21:19:27
IN Isla Rossoff the coast of West Antarctica, a volcano has caught the attention of scientists around the world. This, since it has the special feature of producing small metallic gold crystals at the time of the outbreak.
It’s regarding Erebus volcanothe most active of the southern zone of the earth. It has a height of 3794 meters and the mountain is part of it Pacific Ring of Firewhich includes more than 1,500 active volcanoes on the planet.
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According to an article published in ‘Science‘ explained that the volcano releases 80 grams a day throughout the little ones gold metals in the air. According to experts, the value will be around 6000 dollarsHowever, this material is not practical for collection.
Why does this phenomenon occur?
This effect occurs because the lava from Mount Erebus emits hot gas that transports gold along with other materials. “On contact with air, the gas cools below 100 °C, and precipitates many materials.“, he indicated Philip Kylemember of the New Mexico Mining and Technology Institute (New Mexico Tech).
It has been observed that this volcano has been active permanently since 1972since in its vicinity it is Mount Erebus Volcano Observatoryrun by the institute mentioned above.
It is worth mentioning that the name of the mountain became known because plane crash from Air New Zealand Flight 901which on 28 November 1979 crashed into the slope, which caused death of 257 people on board.
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