Presented here is a striking natural gold nugget from Western Australia, one of the most productive and geologically significant gold regions on Earth. This specimen displays the classic rugged, sculptural surface texture that Western Australian gold is renowned for, with beautifully detailed contours and deep natural character throughout.
The nugget exhibits a rich, warm golden hue and exceptional luster, highlighting its high purity and untouched formation. Its bold, elongated profile gives it excellent display presence, while the naturally weathered surface tells the story of millions of years of geological shaping in one of the world’s most storied goldfields.
Gold nuggets of this quality from Western Australia are becoming harder to acquire as many remain in private collections or are melted for bullion. This specimen offers the rare opportunity to own a beautiful, unaltered piece of Australia’s gold-rush heritage.
A superb investment-grade nugget — pure, historic, and visually powerful.
Item#EM501
Weight: 5.977 Troy Ounces (185.90 grams)
There is gold and then there is GOLD! Not all gold was created equal. At GoldNuggetsForSale.com we spend most of our time seeking out the world’s finest gold nuggets and gold specimens.
Only about 2% of the gold in the world is in “gold nugget” form and the other 98% is microscopic speck and flake gold found in ore. A good gold ore today will have about one ounce of gold for every two tons of rock.
Even rarer are crystallized gold specimens and only about 0.04% of the gold in the world is crystallized. These natural gold nuggets and gold specimens are true - one of a kind - masterpieces from the earth’s natural elements and are found mostly in pockets where the gold was able to crystallize while it formed, much the same way other crystals form deep inside the earth.
Most of the hard rock mines that uncovered these extremely rare gold nugget crystals are closed today and it is extremely rare to have a new discovery of crystallized gold nuggets or gold specimens.
At Goldnuggetsforsale.com, we are experts on natural gold nuggets and gold specimens and guarantee all our gold nuggets and gold specimens are natural and not man-made.