Dozens of giant gold nuggets were found all over the Sierra in the mid-1800s, including the 54-pound Magalia Nugget — shoveled out of the dirt, also in Butte County, in 1859.

In the growing fine minerals market, such crystalline gold specimens often sell for far more than the value of the gold by ...

Recently the crystalline gold leaf got a vault mate — an 11.2-ounce nugget found in Columbia in April 2016. They say the newcomer is a chip off the old block.

Interestingly enough, earthquakes have the ability to cause quartz to form large gold nuggets, a fact that has been well-known among scientists for decades. What has managed to elude them for just ...

A 145-ounce gold nugget has been reportedly found in Victoria, Australia by a real life prospector and could be worth more than A$250,000 ($190,710) when it goes to auction.