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Gold isn’t rare. So why is it valuable?

Gold is arguably the most precious metal in the world, but how rare is it really? We went on our own gold panning expedition to find out. Correction (6:08): While there was active gold mining around Butte, Montana, the Berkeley Pit mine pictured was primarily a copper mine. Further reading: “Gold Panning is Easy” guidebook: https://www.betterworldbooks.com/sear... Article on the cosmic origin of gold: https://www.quantamagazine.org/did-ne... Study on gold-rich asteroid bombardment: https://www.nature.com/articles/natur... Gold Council statistics on gold supply: https://www.gold.org/about-gold/gold-... Earthworks “No Dirty Gold” campaign: https://www.earthworks.org/campaigns/... International mining standards guidance: https://www.oecd.org/daf/inv/mne/OECD... Subscribe: http://bit.ly/2FqJZMl Like Verge Science on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2hoSukO Follow on Twitter: http://bit.ly/2Kr29B9 Follow on Instagram: https://goo.gl/7ZeLvX Read More: http://www.theverge.com Community guidelines: http://bit.ly/2D0hlAv Subscribe to Verge on YouTube for explainers, product reviews, technology news, and more: http://goo.gl/G5RXGs