Gold Nuggets

A recent study suggests that earthquakes may significantly contribute to the formation of gold nuggets within quartz veins through a process known as piezoelectricity.

Humanitys fascination with gold stretches back thousands of years. Gold mining is described in ancient Greek and Roman sources, and gold rushes especially in the 19th century played a powerful role in shaping the modern world.

The man who did not wish to be named had found the nugget in Victoria's "Golden Triangle" area.

One reason for the jump was that customs and police have got wise to some of the tricks used to bring in gold, such as getting human mules to swallow nuggets or in hiding gold bars in dead cows.

In an once-in-a-lifetime discovery, a man in Australia has unearthed a 2.7 kilograms gold nugget which could be worth a whopping 141,000 dollars. Mick Brown, a gold prospector from Kerang in northern Victoria, had recently quit smoking and was getting grumpy so his wife told him to leave the house for some air.

Nearly 15 kg contraband gold, in the form of nuggets valued at Rs 4.29 crore, was seized today by Revenue Intelligence Officials and two persons were arrested in this connection near Aranthangi in Tamil Nadu's Pudukottai district, police said.

Indian gold smugglers are adopting the methods of drug couriers to sidestep the government curbs, stashing gold in imported vehicles and even using mules who swallow nuggets to try to get them past airport security.

Cash gold shrugged off weakening U.S. bullion futures and jumped as much as 1 per cent on Wednesday as buyers snapped up gold bars, coins and nuggets after prices briefly hit their weakest levels in more than two years in the previous session.

An amateur treasure hunter in Australia has unearthed a gold nugget weighing 5.5 kg, BBC reported on Thursday.

Defence lawyer Cristiana Arru sought to turn the spotlight on police methods during the search, drawing out several agents to say that they had not used gloves when they handled the documents, and a gold nugget and a cheque for 100,000 euros made out to the pope which were also found.

A recent study suggests that earthquakes may significantly contribute to the formation of gold nuggets within quartz veins through a process known as piezoelectricity.

Humanitys fascination with gold stretches back thousands of years. Gold mining is described in ancient Greek and Roman sources, and gold rushes especially in the 19th century played a powerful role in shaping the modern world.

The man who did not wish to be named had found the nugget in Victoria's "Golden Triangle" area.

One reason for the jump was that customs and police have got wise to some of the tricks used to bring in gold, such as getting human mules to swallow nuggets or in hiding gold bars in dead cows.

In an once-in-a-lifetime discovery, a man in Australia has unearthed a 2.7 kilograms gold nugget which could be worth a whopping 141,000 dollars. Mick Brown, a gold prospector from Kerang in northern Victoria, had recently quit smoking and was getting grumpy so his wife told him to leave the house for some air.

Nearly 15 kg contraband gold, in the form of nuggets valued at Rs 4.29 crore, was seized today by Revenue Intelligence Officials and two persons were arrested in this connection near Aranthangi in Tamil Nadu's Pudukottai district, police said.

Indian gold smugglers are adopting the methods of drug couriers to sidestep the government curbs, stashing gold in imported vehicles and even using mules who swallow nuggets to try to get them past airport security.

Cash gold shrugged off weakening U.S. bullion futures and jumped as much as 1 per cent on Wednesday as buyers snapped up gold bars, coins and nuggets after prices briefly hit their weakest levels in more than two years in the previous session.

An amateur treasure hunter in Australia has unearthed a gold nugget weighing 5.5 kg, BBC reported on Thursday.

Defence lawyer Cristiana Arru sought to turn the spotlight on police methods during the search, drawing out several agents to say that they had not used gloves when they handled the documents, and a gold nugget and a cheque for 100,000 euros made out to the pope which were also found.