The incredible and mesmerizing tutorial that demonstrates the creation of a luxurious handmade 18K gold ring crafted entirely from gold nuggets. The design features a striking combination of rich ...

The largest orogenic gold nuggets found to date weigh around 130 pounds (60 kilograms), Voisey said. Gold deposits in a quartz crystal against a black background.

Gold nuggets often form in areas with quartz because it has a special property called piezoelectricity. This means that when quartz is stressed, it can produce electricity.

Gold has always been a hot commodity. But these days, finding a nugget isn’t too tricky: Much of the world’s gold is mined from natural veins of quartz, a glassy mineral that streaks through ...

Scientists conducted lab experiments to test how gold nuggets form on quartz crystals. Layne Kennedy via Getty Images About 75 percent of gold mined on Earth comes from deposits found in the ...

A triceratop’s nasal horn, fossilized horse skull, and a 10-pound golden nugget uncovered by a couple using a metal detector over 40 years ago are only some of the rarities set for auction on ...