Gold Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Mantle return theories=== Much of the rest of the gold on Earth is thought to have been incorporated into the planet since its very beginning, as [[planetesimals]] formed the [[Mantle (geology)|mantle]]. In 2017, an international group of scientists established that gold "came to the Earth's surface from the deepest regions of our planet",<ref>{{cite web |author=University of Granada |title=Scientists reveal the mystery about the origin of gold |website=ScienceDaily |date=21 November 2017 |access-date=27 March 2018 |url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/11/171121095128.htm}}</ref> the mantle, as evidenced by their findings at [[Deseado Massif]] in the [[Argentinian Patagonia]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Tassara |first1=Santiago |last2=González-Jiménez |first2=José M. |last3=Reich |first3=Martin |last4=Schilling |first4=Manuel E. |last5=Morata |first5=Diego |last6=Begg |first6=Graham |last7=Saunders |first7=Edward |last8=Griffin |first8=William L. |last9=O’Reilly |first9=Suzanne Y.|last10=Grégoire|first10=Michel |last11=Barra |first11=Fernando |last12=Corgne |first12=Alexandre |title=Plume-subduction interaction forms large auriferous provinces |journal=Nature Communications |volume=8 |issue=1 |pages=843 |year=2017 |issn=2041-1723 |doi=10.1038/s41467-017-00821-z |pmid=29018198 |pmc=5634996 |bibcode=2017NatCo...8..843T}}</ref>{{clarify|reason=this directly contradicts the first paragraph of the next section|date=April 2019}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page