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Naturally occurring gold nanoparticles and nanoplates R.M. Hough* CSIRO Exploration and Mining, CRCLEME, ARRC, 26 Dick Perry Avenue, Kensington, Perth, R.R.P. Noble Western Australia 6151, Australia G.J. Hitchen R. Hart Centre for Materials Research, Curtin University of Technology, P.O. Box U1897, Perth, Western Australia 6845, Australia S.M. Reddy Institute for Geoscience Research, Department of Applied Geology, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia 6845, Australia

M. Saunders Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis, University of Western Australia, Crawley 6009, P. Clode Western Australia, Australia D. Vaughan P.O. Box 187, Subiaco, Perth, Western Australia 6000, Australia J. Lowe Nanochemistry Research Institute, Curtin University of Technology, P.O. Box U1897, Perth, Western Australia 6845, Australia D.J. Gray R.R. Anand CSIRO Exploration and Mining, CRCLEME, ARRC, 26 Dick Perry Avenue, Kensington, Perth, C.R.M. Butt Western Australia 6151, Australia M. Verrall ABSTRACT During the weathering of gold deposits, exceptionally pure,