Naturally occurring gold nanoparticles and nanoplates

R.M. Hough^1,*, R.R.P. Noble¹, G.J. Hitchen¹, R. Hart², S.M. Reddy³, M. Saunders⁴, P. Clode⁴, D. Vaughan⁵, J. Lowe⁶, D.J. Gray⁷, R.R. Anand⁷, C.R.M. Butt⁷, and M. Verrall⁷

1 CSIRO Exploration and Mining, CRCLEME, ARRC, 26 Dick Perry Avenue, Kensington, Perth, Western Australia 6151, Australia
2 Centre for Materials Research, Curtin University of Technology, P.O. Box U1897, Perth, Western Australia 6845, Australia
3 Institute for Geoscience Research, Department of Applied Geology, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia 6845, Australia
4 Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis, University of Western Australia, Crawley 6009, Western Australia, Australia
5 P.O. Box 187, Subiaco, Perth, Western Australia 6000, Australia
6 Nanochemistry Research Institute, Curtin University of Technology, P.O. Box U1897, Perth, Western Australia 6845, Australia
7 CSIRO Exploration and Mining, CRCLEME, ARRC, 26 Dick Perry Avenue, Kensington, Perth, Western Australia 6151, Australia