In 2008, the nugget was auctioned for $1,553,500. The gold nugget was quickly identified as the largest natural gold nugget ...

But how exactly nuggets form remains a geological mystery ... “In essence, the quartz acts like a natural battery, with gold as the electrode, slowly accumulating more gold with each seismic ...

Jonathan Needham, 54, found the gold on the Staffordshire and Derbyshire border and believes it was formed naturally beneath ...

Massive gold reserves found in Pakistan’s Attock district, promising economic growth amid debates on sustainable mining.

"There are no impurities in it, it is just pure gold nugget of about 22 carats ... by either the National Museum Of Scotland or the Natural History Museum, but legally it may have to be handed ...