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All the world's gold and platinum ore came from outer space after a mammoth meteorite shower battered the Earth more than four billion years ago, scientists revealed today.
Researchers also discovered there is enough gold and platinum in the Earth's core to plate the surface of the globe with a layer of priceless bling four metres thick.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...r-lasting-200MILLION-years.html#ixzz2YJNJCstc
All the world's gold and platinum ore came from outer space after a mammoth meteorite shower battered the Earth more than four billion years ago, scientists revealed today.
Researchers also discovered there is enough gold and platinum in the Earth's core to plate the surface of the globe with a layer of priceless bling four metres thick.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...r-lasting-200MILLION-years.html#ixzz2YJNJCstc