The 5 Largest Gold Nuggets that Still Exist
The world''s largest surviving gold nugget is the Pepita Canaã (Canaan Nugget) which was found by miner Júlio de Deus Filho in the Serra Pelada (''Naked Mountain'') gold mining region of Brazilian state of Pará in 1983. The Pepita Canaã gold nugget has a gross weight of kgs and contains kgs of gold, or 1682 troy ounces of gold.