During the Australian gold rush ... How to join the indy100's free WhatsApp channel The world’s biggest gold nugget ever ...

Mr. Birkmyre says: “The gold of this nugget, from the crucible assays, I found to be 98'C6 per cent of pure gold. It thus contains only 1-75th of alloy, composed chiefly of silver and iron.

This one has real character to it.'" The largest gold nugget ever found, "The Welcome Stranger," was found at Moliagul, Victoria, in 1869. It weighed in at 78kg. Based on current prices, it would be ...

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The largest golden nugget ever found weighed as much as an adult man and it still holds the record today despite being discovered in 1869. Now, scientists think they have got to the bottom of how such ...