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The Largest Golden Nuggets, So Far Recorded...
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Canać 4 Nugget:
1,185 ounces (33.6kg)

The fourth-largest nugget discovered during Brazil's infamous Serra Pelada Gold Rush of the early 1980s, the Canać 4 Nugget weighs 1,185 ounces (33.6kg) and is valued at a cool $1.4 million (£1.1m). Like the other major nugget finds of the gold rush, it resides at the Banco Central Museum in Brasķlia.
Canadian 2 Nugget:
1,224 ounces (34.7kg)

The 1,224-ounce (34.7kg) Canadian 2 Nugget was discovered at Canadian Gully (pictured in 1850), Ballarat, Australia in January 1863, slap bang in the middle of the Victorian Gold Rush. It was valued along with the Canadian 3 Nugget at £7,500, which works out at around $1.2 million (£926k) in today's money.
Canać 3 Nugget:
1,230 ounces (34.9kg)

Notable for its distinctive ferrous red hue, the Canać 3 Nugget is the third largest nugget unearthed during the Brazilian Serra Pelada Gold Rush of the early 1980s. Valued at around $1.5 million (£1.2m), the rock, which weighs 1,230 ounces (34.9kg), is on display in all its crimson glory at the Banco Central Museum in Brasķlia.
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