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Mount Erebus continuously emits microscopic gold crystals
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Latest: Mount Erebus Volcano Emits Gold Dust Daily in Antarctica
Follow‑up work in July 2026 reaffirmed earlier findings that Mount Erebus’s persistent lava lake releases about 80 g of elemental gold each day as discrete crystals 20‑60 µm across. Measurements of plume composition and