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Gold nugget guides

Everything worth knowing before you buy a natural gold nugget.

• How to tell if a gold nugget is real
  How to tell a natural gold nugget from a fake, from pyrite or from melted gold: appearance, density, hardness, weight and the seller’s documentation.
• How much is a gold nugget worth?
  How the price of a natural gold nugget is worked out: weight, purity, the gold price and the collector premium. Why a nugget is worth more than bullion.
• Lapland gold: gold from the Finnish Arctic
  The history of Lapland gold (Finland): the 1868 gold rush on the Ivalojoki river, the Lemmenjoki, how it is panned and why its nuggets are so prized.