Scientists discover gold in Australian Eucalyptus leaves

For the first time, scientists have discovered gold naturally embedded in a living organism. According to the journal Nature Communications, researchers from Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) confirmed the existence of gold particles in leaves and branches of Australian eucalyptus trees.

In the search for water, the gold infiltrates at the root of eucalyptus which, for being ejected, since this is toxic, carries the metal for their leaves and branches. These gold particles are invisible to the naked eye, perceptible only by use of x-ray technology.

However, it is not likely that the eucalyptus trees cause a boom in the extraction of this metal. Responsible for research, Mel Lintern, said that even though 500 trees grow on top of a gold deposit, just extrairiam metal enough to produce a small engagement ring. Nevertheless, the presence of eucalyptus trees can help the Drillers to find gold reserves, without the need to carry out deep excavations.

According to Inhabitat, the discovery of deposits of this metal fell by half in the last decade, which was accompanied by a reduction in the quality of this. You will be able to plant eucalyptus trees become an environmentalist and low-cost form of gold mining? And most importantly: make sense to move on biodiversity because of it?

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