Well some idiots in this world leave the water on when they're brushing they're teeth or just forget to close the water pump . This will cause the poor species to die
<span>A number of forces continue to seriously affect our natural water resources. Many of these are primarily the result of human actions and include ecosystem and landscape changes, sedimentation, pollution, over-abstraction and climate change.</span>
Although they have luster/shine they can be be dissolved in water and in acid so it can not be all of the above. They are malleable so they can be easily be made into jewelry.