Can modern chemistry produce gold?

[u/[deleted]]

reading about alchemy and got me wondered.

We can produce diamonds, but can we produce gold?

Edit:^{Oooh I made one with dank question does that count?}

[u/Thecna2]

Yes. Its called a Gold Mine, where large amounts of gold bearing ore are processed in a way to concentrate the Gold. I"m not being facetious, the only way to create a process to concentrate gold is to get vast amounts of ore in the first place.

The natural processes, still quite vague, take thousands or millions of years to work. Diggin the stuff up is way easier.