During the Australian gold rush, the world’s largest nugget was found by miners originating from the UK. On 5 February 1869, ...

All the gold ever mined on Earth fits into a 23x23 meter cube—an astonishing fact about the world's limited gold supply.

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.

After more than an hour of digging, and with trembling fingers, Phillips proved his hunch correct, pulling out of the ground a hefty gold nugget the size of his fist. "It was an exhilarating ...