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RekindlingChemist t1_iyly0ux wrote on December 2, 2022 at 11:12 AM

Reply to comment by WonderWheeler in Gold from ancient Troy, Poliochni and Ur had the same origin by Darth_Kahuna

Not lanolin or static electricity. It's a convenient natural alternative to modern gold mining carpets. And legends about "golden fleece" imply that there are so much golden sand in streams in that land, that fleece after sluicing looks golden