All the gold, silver, and diamonds you’ve ever seen? They came from the crust. But here’s the wild part: most of Earth’s gold is actually in the mantle and core. There’s enough gold in the core to coat the entire planet in a 1.5-foot layer. But we can’t dig there. So the crust is like the gift shop at the museum of Earth—cute, but the real stuff is locked up.
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Also, the crust contains about 47% oxygen by weight. So when you take a breath, you’re literally breathing a piece of the crust. Congratulations—you are now a geological life-form.
