Over the centuries, gold prospectors have dug up gold nuggets of staggering sizes. Here is a list of the biggest gold nuggets ever discovered!
Data: goldindustrygroup.com.au
Size: 2,145 ounces ( 60.80 kg)
It is the largest gold nugget discovered during Brazil’s gold rush in the 1980s.
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Size: 2,222 ounces (63 kg)
Found in September 2018 in Australia, this gold-encrusted rock is not a true “nugget” due to its impure content, it reportedly contains 1,600 oz of pure gold.
Size: 2,433 ounces (69 kg)
Found in June 1858 by British miners in gold-rich Victoria, Australia, it was melted down into sovereign coins.
Image: Anatoli Lvov/wikimedia.org
Size: 3,351 ounces (95 kg)
Found in September 2018 by RNC Minerals, it contains 2,400 ounces (68.04 kg) of pure gold.
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Size: 3,524 ounces (100 kg)
It's a true gold nugget found in September 1869 by two English prospectors in Australia.
Illustrated Australian News for Home Reader on March 1, 1869.
Size: 10,229 ounces (290 kg)
Discovered in 1872 by miner Bernhardt Holtermann, the “nugget” was a mixture of gold, quartz and slate, from which about 3,288 ounces (93.2 kg) of pure gold was extracted.
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