current gold prices would put the nugget's value at around $79,000. However, sizable nuggets often sell at a premium because of their rareness, which could push the nugget's value into the six ...

A gold nugget worth thousands of dollars that was ... Challenge has a market value of nearly $42,000 but is expected to sell for at least $50,000. The annual challenge aims to raise $2 million ...

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.

People have long been fascinated by nuggets, large aggregates of almost pure gold often found nestled within the host rock or loose in weathered sediments. But how exactly nuggets form remains a ...