cientists from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) made the find in the resource-rich Kalgoorlie region of Western Australia, which was the site of a major gold rush in the late 1800s.
Geochemist Mel Lintern said it appeared the trees sucked up the gold particles from 30 metres (100 feet) below the ground through their roots.
“The eucalypt acts as a hydraulic pump – its roots extend tens of metres into the ground and draw up water containing the gold,” he said.
“As the gold is likely to be toxic to the plant, it’s moved to the leaves and branches where it can be released or shed to the ground.”
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I was all like omgz I want that patta until I read this - “The actual amount of gold in each leaf is negligible: Lintern has described the particles as so small that the leaves from 500 trees over a deposit would only be enough to make a wedding ring.”
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500 trees :hayya:
There is this saying in Sindhi ’ uho son ee ghoriyo jeko kanna chhinne’.. ’ Don’t require the gold that hurt ears - probably referring to heavy jhumkas’.
