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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

The largest nuggets in orogenic gold deposits—those that form between tectonic plates that have crashed together to create mountain ranges—weigh about 130 pounds, reports Live Science.

In short: 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 ...