First from high prices dissuading new buyers (as seen in Western jewelry demand since 2005) but more significantly from state interference in a market averaging 36% compound growth by value each year since 2001.
However, Republicans rejected any connection between budget resources and vulnerability at the Benghazi compound, citing a report by a State Department financial officer.
The first contradiction pits former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's explanation of security conditions at the compound against that of Eric Nordstrom, the former regional security officer at the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli.
But in their current excited state, many in the oil market are wondering whether the attack on a foreign compound heralds a bigger one on a production facility.
By combining an artist and scientific quest, the two professors at Michigan State University found that a certain type of metal-loving bacteria can transform high amounts of the toxic chemical compound gold chloride from a liquid into solid 24-karat gold.