The Underworld Of Gold Mines - Why Is It SO RARE? 

Gold is used in ALMOST every electronic we use. Id say pretty valuable on that aspect alone

The funny thing is diamonds are actually pretty common. They just limit the number that go out into circulation so the price is artificially inflated.

Gold is one of the best conductors of electricity. What do you mean it does nothing for us?😅

I remember in high school when an ounce of gold was $300. The same price as an ounce of weed at the time.

Silver for spending, gold for saving

High purity gold is resistant to oxidation, so it stays looking pretty and yellow forever. Other metals all "rust". Thus gold was always special.

It's a precious thing because it lasts forever and doesn't tarnish.nothing else does that

Gold doesn’t corrode core tarnish. Gold, silver & copper the three monetary metal are all diamagnetic an interesting property where the metal slightly repels a magnetic. Makes the magnetic like float. Also goldl It’s very dense, making it easily recognizable when holding it also, it’s a fantastic conductor of electricity. Also if you heat it up or cool it down it retains that temperature for a long time excellent insulator.

I think gold is remarkable because it does not rust or tarnish, it is very malleable and an excellent conductor of current. Until recently with the discovery of graphene I think gold was the best conductor. (Maybe I'm wrong not an expert) I've even read accounts of the hanging gardens of Babylon using gold wires to power devices similar to Archimedes screws to pump water uphill...

because it doesn't rust.....its rare and you can store it forever...it has many uses, but it's too rare and expensive to use in industry....I come from the semiconductor industry and it is very useful there, but too expensive and rare.

Joe you should do your research it’s highly versatile and it doesn’t corrode. It’s necessary for certain electronics.

gold looks amazing, can stare at it for hours.

As a prospector here in Tasmania gold is in lots of creeks with the right techniques we find it all the time just gotta go look you’ll find it

We mine it for the Annunaki... That's where most of it goes.

Because it is common enough to use as a currency but not so common as to create hyper inflation from digging it out of the ground.

Gold was so valuable in the past because it’s easy to smelt, it doesn’t rust or tarnish, it’s rare, and it’s pretty.

Even if you don't think it is pretty, gold is very useful Joe. There is a lot of gold used to get you on my screen with sound. Gold has some special properties as the way it reflects UV-light and infra red. And it never gets dull after a polish. Very few things take and keep shine like gold. Ask King Tut.

Same as obsessing over a ancient sword when you can have one made a thousand times better modernly

Also there is a lot more on earth that’s just what we’ve found. Also a lot of gold on earth isn’t accessible due to its deep in the earths crust/mantle

Does NOT 'corrode'. = 'To destroy a metal or alloy gradually, especially by oxidation or chemical action'. Is 'malleable'. = 'Capable of being shaped or formed, as by hammering or pressure'. Is 'ductile'. = 'Can sustain plastic deformation under tensile stress before failure, ie: it stretches without breaking'. Superior thermal and electrical conductivity, ie: it transfers heat and electronic signals extremely well. Gold's utility and durability, combined with exceptional luster, reflectivity, and alluring color make it truly unique. Rarity makes it precious.

244 thousand tons of gold has a street value of 17.5 trillion dollars today.

Gold doesn't tarnish or react chemically with anything. It's malleability is extreme and no other metal compares to any of these qualities. The use cases are many but unless we are sending the technology to space or extremely high tech devices requiring zero failures in quality control the metal is best kept in storage. Wait for the future, Gold will step into its use case on a quantum technology product.

Precious metals and diamonds are interesting because they're value is most when limited and large in size but most useful in small worthless quantities

Gold is said to harness and emit a certain energy making it valuable, another reason why some pyramids used to be coated in gold.

Besides the fact that it's an interesting yellow metal(which adds on to the rarity Joe was talking about), I know gold is used for electronics, I think because it's a good conductor, I also know that it's a vital layer in an astronauts helmet, protects them from the bright sun's glare I think, which makes me wonder about that Anunaki conspiracy but if we're keeping it in our known reality, gold is a vital and beautiful metal, I also prefer silver jewellery though, it's more classy and understated lol but I've seen beautiful gold works of art, plus gold just works with other colours like white and blue better than silver ever can 🤤

It’s in every weapons that uses electronics

02:20 According to Egyptians etc. Gold does more then just look pretty

Because it can be beaten into a foil way thinner than a hair. It can be drawn into a wire just as thin. In that condition it can bend extremely without breaking. It’s an excellent conductor of electricity. It’s reflective enough to shield delicate components on spacecraft. And it never oxidizes.

I was arguing with my friend about gold i said ammo, alcohol, cigarettes will be way more valuable than gold. No one is trading for gold in an apocalyptic situation 😂

Gold is used in electronics. That’s why it’s sought after mostly

Remember when they forced everyone to sell there gold at a cut rate??

Gold, one of the most conductive of electricity metals we have available. That’s why it’s in every smart device and computer, tv, etc.

Gold can only be made from a star implosion/explosion/ super nova. However, I've seen a video where we can now make it in a super collider. 1 gram of gold would take 4.5 billion years and use an unbelievable amount of energy.

What makes precious metals valuable is that they don't oxidize so could be kept in any condition for long time without deterioration. Perfect for currency. Plus now it's used for electrical conduction in electronics. Makes it very valuable

Gold IS money because it is divisible, portable, durable, fungible, scarce, and easily recognizable.

There is a lot more gold than the public is allowed to know about. Hundreds of thousands of tons. Gold warriors is a good book on it.

Originally gold was revered as the tears of the gods. A big part of its appeal is due to its traditional association with the divine.

The most amazing way of putting it is that all the gold ever mined would if melted together make a cube measuring not even 70 feet on a side. Hard to believe but true. A ton, btw, makes a 14" cube.

Non corrosive properties make for the best electrical contacts. Silver is the best delivery source to the contact.

Above ground gold. Nobody knows how much in ground gold there is. Exploration continues.

Time for Rogan to have a Metals expert on the show ?

It’s the hoarding of diamonds that makes them valuable.

Gold doesn't tarnish, it comes out of the ground shiny and stays shiny forever. That's why it's valuable. Diamonds are complete horse shirt! Yeah there's tons of diamonds out there, they just control the market so closely it just a fabricated rarity. But if you need industrial grade diamonds for making saw blades and abrasive discs etc., don't worry we have tons for dirt cheap to produce all this stuff. LOL.

Gold has it own gravity. If you place a chunk of gold n the sand next to a larger rock - over time will naturally burrow into the sand under the rock and out the other side. rubies are worth a lot. Just you need them to be raw or uncut for high resell value. Cut stone do not have that high of a price tag.

Gold that is accessible is rare, it is likely common in the core of rocky planets.

now, we can turn Human ashes into diamond.

Gold never rots or decay’s gold is forever water proof

Yea, theres an insane amount of undocumented gold that tons of companies are refining as an untaxable reserve.

It became valuable due to not tarnishing. A amazing thing to ancient man and it seemed almost magical so its value went up and that was carried forward and more and more uses were discovered

I bought my wife a synthetic diamond, it’s much clearer than a real diamond and my wife loves it. My jeweler said he could tell but only because it was too perfect.

Gold is only rare on the earth, not in space.

I don’t want a man made diamond! I want one dug out of the earth.

There is far more gold then people realize it's just so small and spread out that it's not profitable to mine at the current price.

The electric conductivity

The demand for gold for “tech” will demand that personal possession be undermined in the near future just wait for it!

Was gold worth more than silk back in the day?

It's used in many electronics

when sunlight hits gold it cleans the air around it. look it up

SMH. Gold is a necessity for tech. Rubies are easily created, but gold on the other hand must be found.

Golds only real valuable use is that it makes a REALLY good electrical switch.. you phone basically requires gold inorder to function at the speeds it does.

Mr Joe weapons exist because of its conductivity there are just tons of uses like anything else.Gold also has powers lol.Not really but it sure makes people and groups very powerful

I have always wondered how much gold is super deep in the earth?

Gold is used in a wide selection of electronic equipment. Its hardly a useless soft metal.. Now, whats interesting to me, is why was it so coveted Before modern technology required it.

Gold is used in almost all electronics

we are programed by the aliens to seek it out because its the base of technology circuits in every cell phone

Joe, "Gold is money, everything else is credit." Take your time to understand that.

We used gold as money due to it's rarity and malleable ability. It has been money for over 5 thousand years. Our currency is subject to massave inflation and deflation. It's true value belongs to those that conjure it in to existence. As Thomas Jefferson said, if we allow banks to print money first by inflation then by deflation our children will wake up pennieless in the streets there for fathers had concord. You can't just print gold or dig it up so easily it must be earned. Honest money, Gods money.

Gold has held wealth for over 5000 years..nuff said.

an ounce of gold can be flattened and stretch for miles

what do you use gold for ??? wtf Rogan?!?!

What about all the wedding rings and watches? Tooth fillings, computer components, Notre Dame dome? There's more gold than in that picture.

J.R. - It is not just cell phones. Add your virtue signaling electric car, solar panel and windmill to the list of unethically sourced "medals of honor".

It’s a noble medal? It’s useful in high technology? Come’on Joe. Also, yes, you go over the diamond before you buy it. Are y’all high??? Love your show❤❤❤❤

Everyone has diamonds. Surely not rare

What if... gold was grinded down to a fine dust and fused to cells like nano type... then this extends life to 40 to 80k years

GOLD: chicks dig it!

Opal is worth more then gold

It's symbolic of being ireplicable and uncorruptible. You could leave it at the bottom of the ocean, bring it back up in 1000 years and its qualities would be uneffected.

Gold and silver don't rust (much).

Its valuable because its rare and its an element so more can't be created.

Diamonds were a manufactured scarcity by the De Beers company... The bought all the mines, slowly released them as of they're rare... And put forth propaganda in Hollywood movies... Diamonds are forever... Diamonds are a girl's best friend... This engagement ring isn't a diamond.... Look at that rock... Then they got the rappers in on it... Promoting bling

Guldet är lätt att bearbeta gjuta eller smida i olika former och det tappar inte sin glans även om det är flera hundra år gammalt

Wow. "Jamie pull up gold, i wanna see what this shiny yellow nonsense even does for humanity..." *Spongebob man 2 hours later...* "Okay, so its in pretty much everything does everything and is vital in the development of future technologies including space travel... you know what, ive changed my mind, i like this gold stuff..."

Gold is extremely conductive, gold atoms are good for the body and there have been studies of monoatomic gold that heals dna and makes people age backwards slightly.

decree by kings and the ability to use it to extract taxes is why it's historically been money

gold doesn,t Decay...Bury some gold in the ground...and come back to it a couple thousand years..still the same ...Shiny ..and in form..

look up how much Platinum the world has in its entirety.

Some shocking takes by Joe this time

No there is more Gold than that picture shows.

I saw research where it said all the gold on and in the earth who'd cover the entire planet to a depth of 1 meter thick!!

Haggai 2:8

For money to work and be stable, it has to be rare, durable, divisible, fungible, and portable. Gold hits all of these out of the park. When we all agree to use something as money, it has to have rules and limitations which are super difficult to violate. Gold enforces those rules with real authority. You can't print gold like dollars. You can't flood the money supply because it's so rare. Gold gets its value because of the time and effort humans have to expend to collect and refine it. Until you start the usual f4ckery i.e. diluting the purity of gold coins (as they did when Rome was collapsing) it is inflation resistant like no other means of storing the value of our productive efforts. Gold is not even actually indigenous to Earth: All of the gold found on Earth came from the debris of dead stars... showered here, not originating here. As the Earth formed, heavy elements such as iron and gold sank toward the planet's core. If no other event had occurred, there would be no gold in the Earth's crust. But around 4 billion years ago, Earth was bombarded by asteroid impacts. These impacts stirred the deeper layers of the planet and forced some gold into the mantle and crust.

Nope. Australia has gold from coast to coast. North America

Every cellphone and hightech need gold is high conductor and not become hot

Earth has way more gold than you think. Only a minuscule fraction of gold is laying on the topof earts crust. The rest is within or sunken to its core

engagement rings were made popular only starting in the late 1930's ....by the dimond/jewerly industry

Gold is used in many electronics', there is gold in most cell phones.

The amount of gold in the world is "only" the amount that has been mined to date "so far"! It doesn't mean there isn't another 10 times as much or more still in the ground. As soon as price doubles or more, don't you think the mines would be much more active producing more and thus reduce the price again? Don't be fooled.

I don't think Joe knows that you can't even buy a vehicle that's manufactured in America 😅

That's only know gold there many many gold mines and small miners who never reported there finding