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2 unusual facts about gold nugget


Gold nugget

Considered by most to be the biggest gold nugget ever found, the Welcome Stranger was found at Moliagul, Victoria, Australia in 1869 by John Deason and Richard Oates.

Gold Nugget

:"Gold nugget" may also refer to the lump of gold (see gold nugget), or the catfish Baryancistrus xanthellus.



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Inglewood, Victoria

Inglewood forms part of the "Golden Triangle" which encompasses some of the richest alluvial goldfields in the world, including Kingower, Rheola, Dunolly, Tarnagulla and Moliagul, where the biggest gold nugget ever unearthed, the "Welcome Stranger", was discovered.

Ruby, Alaska

Barry Clay - Discovered Alaska's largest gold nugget, 294 oz (9.15 kg), in 1998 in the Ruby mining district.