The "Welcome Stranger" gold nugget weighed approximately 2,283 troy ounces (71.03 kg) when it was discovered in Australia in 1869. It remains the largest alluvial gold nugget ever found.
The world's largest gold nugget, called the "Welcome Stranger," had a mass of around 2,520 troy ounces, which is approximately 173 pounds or 78 kilograms. It was found in Victoria, Australia in 1869.
The Holtermann Nugget weighed around 630 pounds (286 kilograms) and was discovered in 1872 in New South Wales, Australia. It remains one of the largest gold nuggets ever found.
The density of the gold nugget is 19.3 g/cm^3. This was calculated by dividing the mass (965 g) by the volume (50 cm^3).
It depends on the size of the diamond and the gold, but if they're the same size, the gold will be significantly heavier.
10 million in gold would weigh approximately 220,462 pounds or 99,983 kilograms.
The Welcome Stranger gold nugget was found at Moliagul, Victoria on 5 February 1869.
the welcome stranger is the largest gold nugget ever to be discovered and it's bigger than the welcome nugget
the welcome stranger
There is no nugget known as the 'Welcome Home' gold nugget. There are two famous nuggets with "Welcome" in their name.The "Welcome Stranger" was the name given to a largest gold nugget ever found and recorded. It measured 61 cm by 31 cm and was discovered by John Deason and Richard Oates at Moliagul, western Victoria, Australia on 5 February 1869 about 9 miles north-west of Dunolly and half-way between Maryborough and St Arnaud.The Welcome Stranger is not the same as the "Welcome Nugget" found in Ballarat in 1858 which was the largest single nugget prior to the discovery of the Welcome Stranger.
5 February 1869
The gold nugget found in 1858 at Bakery Hill near Ballarat was the "Welcome Nugget". This is different from the "Welcome Stranger", which was the name given to a largest gold nugget ever found and recorded.
Moliagul, Victoria, Australia, in 1869.
The "Welcome Stranger" gold nugget measured 61cm by 31cm. Because no scales of the time could actually handle the weight of the nugget, it had to be broken into three pieces by a blacksmith in order to be weighed: it weighed in at over 2300 ounces, or 70 kilograms.
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"Welcome Stranger" nugget found in 1869"Golden Eagle" nugget found in 1931"Hand of Faith" Nugget found in 1980
The world's largest recorded gold nugget is the "Welcome Stranger", found in Australia on 5 February 1869. The Welcome Stranger measured 61cm by 31cm and was discovered by prospectors John Deason and Richard Oates at Moliagul, about half-way between Maryborough and St Arnaud in western Victoria, Australia. No scales of the time could handle the weight of the nugget, so it was broken into three pieces by a blacksmith in order to be weighed: it weighed in at over 2300 ounces, or 70 kilograms. Deason (Deeson) and Oates were paid £19,068 for their nugget which became known as "Welcome Stranger".
The Welcome Stranger gold nugget, found in Victoria in 1869, measured 61cm by 31cm. No scales of the time could handle the weight of the nugget, so it had to be broken into three pieces by a blacksmith in order to be weighed: it weighed in at over 2300 ounces, or 70 kilograms.