A special thanks to RadiaCode for sponsoring today's video. Their useful geiger counters can be bought with a 3% discount at https://radiacode.com/?discount=GEOLOGYHUB. Gold's origin is quite fascinating. Incredibly rare and valuable, the vast majority of all gold originated in one of the universe's most explosive phenomena. But at the same time, other gold formed in low mass stars. Today's video discusses the 3 main ways elemental gold was formed from other elements. Note: I WAS paid by RadiaCode to promote their product. In other words, the segment about the product/website/company is an advertisement which I am being paid to say. Also, I (the account owner of the GeologyHub YouTube channel) may receive a commission or experience a form of financial gain whether direct or indirect if you click on the RadiaCode link mentioned in today's video & video description. If you would like to support this channel, consider using one of the following links: (Patreon: http://patreon.com/geologyhub) (YouTube membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYeGh5VML5XPr5jYnzh3J6g/join) (Gemstone & Mineral Etsy store: http://prospectingarizona.etsy.com) (GeologyHub Merch Etsy store: http://geologyhub.etsy.com) Google Earth imagery used in this video: ©Google & Data Providers This video is protected under "fair use". If you see an image and/or video which is your own in this video, and/or think my discussion of a scientific paper (and/or discussion/mentioning of the data/information within a scientific paper) does not fall under the fair use doctrine, and wish for it to be censored or removed, contact me by email at [email protected] and I will make the necessary changes. Various licenses used in sections of this video (not the entire video, this video as a whole does not completely fall under one of these licenses) and/or in this video's thumbnail image (and this list does not include every license used in this video and/or thumbnail image): Public Domain: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ CC0 1.0: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode CC BY 2.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode CC BY-SA 3.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode Sources/Citations: [1] NASA [2] ESA [3] https://blog.sdss.org/2017/01/09/origin-of-the-elements-in-the-solar-system/, (chart of how the origin of the solar system elements occurred which falls under a CC BY 2.0 license) 0:00 Alaska Gold 0:16 Highly Explosive Source 1:03 Source of All Gold 1:32 RadiaCode Sponsorship 3:10 Neutron Star 4:16 Radioactive Decay Types 5:01 Neutron Star, Continued 5:40 R-Process 7:28 Supernovae 7:53 Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars 8:19 S-Process