At today’s gold price, the nugget would be worth $11.63 million. Unfortunately, the Welcome Stranger is no more. The nugget was so big that it had to be broken into three pieces on an anvil by a ...

Gold has always been a hot commodity. But these days, finding a nugget isn’t too tricky: Much of the world’s gold is mined from natural veins of quartz, a glassy mineral that streaks through ...

A triceratop’s nasal horn, fossilized horse skull, and a 10-pound golden nugget uncovered by a couple using a metal detector over 40 years ago are only some of the rarities set for auction on ...

Scientists conducted lab experiments to test how gold nuggets form on quartz crystals. Layne Kennedy via Getty Images About 75 percent of gold mined on Earth comes from deposits found in the ...

The largest gold nugget ever discovered was “Welcome Stranger,” found in Australia in 1869 weighing 156.6 pounds. It was split into fragments and split between 17 miners, according to the BBC.

C.R. Voisey et al. Gold nugget formation from earthquake-induced piezoelectricity in quartz. Nature Geoscience. Published online September 2, 2024. doi: 10.1038/s41561-024-01514-1.

The nugget, donated anonymously to The Salvation Army on Dec. 14 at the New Albany Plaza Kroger during the Red Kettle Challenge, is a 15.52 troy ounce gold nugget that has a market value of nearly ...

Findings suggest gold nuggets can form in quartz veins as a result of electricity produced by the pressure of earthquakes. The gold is carried in super-hot liquids from the Earth's core to its ...

A gold nugget that could be worth up to $50,000 was delivered to the campaign by a trusted "elf" so that it could be included in the Salvation Army of Southern Indiana's total.