Communicating the Geologic History of Aruba: Contextualizing Gold and Incorporating Human Activity

Aruba is well-known for its beautiful beaches fueling a prominent tourist industry, however it was not always so. The oil refinery is in recent memory for the island but what has faded is its predecessor, the nearly 100-year gold industry, running from 1824, when Willem Rasmijn is said to have found the first gold nugget, until 1916, when the Great War made gold processing a waste of resources.

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