2006-06-20 09:28:16 · 5 answers · asked by zzzingrol 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Derek Lovely at University of Massachusetts, Amherst has found microbes that can precipitate solid gold.
His research suggests some gold ore deposits gold deposits may have been formed this way.
The organisms include Pyrobaculum islandicum, Pyrococcus furiosis, Thermotoga maritima and Shewanella algae.
His research was published during 2001 in the journal "Applied and Environmental Microbiology".
My hunch is that there may also be a chemical method to extract it also, or how would we know it was dissolved in the water?
2006-06-20 09:54:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Gold extracted from sea water? There is no gold IN sea water.
If you are talking about gold that's at the bottom of an ocean/lake/etc..., it can be dredged.
2006-06-20 16:32:41 · answer #2 · answered by Michael Goodfellow 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Evaporate the water....analyze the salts remaining for gold....use standard reduction techniques to remove any gold that is there....bye the way..........there is LOTS of gold in the oceans....don't listen to what the others say.
2006-06-20 17:19:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's gold in sea water? If so, it's just floating around...just filter it.
2006-06-20 16:33:52 · answer #4 · answered by mairead la fay 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can't. Gold doesn't float in the world's oceans.
2006-06-20 16:34:31 · answer #5 · answered by trancevanbuuren 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋