Man’s “gold nugget” find in Australia turns out to be a 4.6-billion-year-old meteorite, offering rare clues to the early ...

The rock had been sitting in Australia for hundreds of years until David Hole came across it while digging for gold.

"Meteorites provide the cheapest form of space exploration. They transport us back in time, providing clues to the age, ...

The Golden Beauty was found in 1979 and is close to 7.5 inches wide. The shiny behemoth known as the “Golden Beauty” was found in 1979 the Kalgoorlie Goldfields in Western Australia by John and ...

David Hole thought he had found a giant gold nugget but what he discovered turned out to be even more astonishing ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BALLARAT, Australia — An amateur gold ...

David Hole thought he had struck gold with his metal detector but what he really discovered was far rarer - but it would take ...

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 ...

When strained by earthquakes, underground networks of quartz veins can generate enough voltage to snatch gold from passing fluids, researchers report September 2 in Nature Geoscience. The findings ...