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Rivers Ran with Gold... 3 Billion Years Ago

An anonymous reader writes "If you're looking to strike it rich, then perhaps this article in Nature magazine will be of assistance. It seems that three billion years ago there was no life on land and no oxygen in the atmosphere. But the rivers ran with gold."

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  1. Also by thewheeze · · Score: 2, Funny

    Trees were ripe with platinum, and grass was full of silver.

    Yeah....right...