Solid gold bars stacked in bank vaults, plating on the summer’s Olympic medals, or even your own pieces of gold jewelry could owe their existence to earthquakes. The stress and strain produced by ...

Electric currents in the Earth may be responsible for the formation of gold nuggets, new research suggests. As detailed in a new study published in the journal Nature Geoscience, the theory could ...

New research suggests that electricity generated by earthquakes might be the key to the formation of giant gold nuggets. The study by geologists at Melbourne’s Monash University is published in Nature ...

The world's largest gold nugget was found more than 150 years ago, unearthed just over an inch (2.54cm) below the ground by two English miners in Moliagul, Australia. In the years since, more ...

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 large ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A rare gold nugget donated to the Salvation Army's Red Kettle campaign in New Albany in December is expected to fetch tens of thousands of dollars at auction. Bidding opens ...

Richmond Auctions will partner with "Gold Rush" star Tyler Mahoney to auction natural gold nuggets sourced from Western Australia. The nuggets, sourced from Mahoney's family and prospecting community ...