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What year was 'Welcome home' gold nugget discovered?

There is no nugget known as the 'Welcome Home' gold nugget. There are two famous nuggets with "Welcome" in their name.The "Welcome Stranger" was the name given to a largest gold nugget ever found and recorded. It measured 61 cm by 31 cm and was discovered by John Deason and Richard Oates at Moliagul, western Victoria, Australia on 5 February 1869 about 9 miles north-west of Dunolly and half-way between Maryborough and St Arnaud.The Welcome Stranger is not the same as the "Welcome Nugget" found in Ballarat in 1858 which was the largest single nugget prior to the discovery of the Welcome Stranger.


Is a Nugget real gold or fools gold if a it has a mass of 100.0 g and displaces the water level in a graduated cylinder by 15.0cm3 from 10.0cm3?

density=g/cm3 The density of Gold is 19.3g/cm3 The density of Fool's Gold (pyrite) is 5g/cm3 The question is slightly ambiguous as first written so two calculations are given: # 100/15= 6.666g/cm3 So this nugget is possibly pyrite and not gold. 100/5= 20g/cm3 So this nugget is possibly gold.


A supposedly gold nugget is tested to determine its densityIt is found to displace19.3 mL of water and has a mass of 371 g Could the nugget be made out of gold?

The density of the object is given by the mass divided by the volume. In this case, the density is 371g/19.3mL ≈ 19.22 g/mL. Since the density of gold is around 19.32 g/mL, the nugget could be made of gold as the densities are close.


What is the difference between a gold nugget a gold reef and alluvial gold?

A nugget is a chunk of native gold metal- while fairly pure, may contain traces of other metals. In mining, Reef refers to a vein of high grade ore. Alluvial gold is gold that has been moved and ground down by water- such as the placer gold (gold dust) found in river and stream beds.


What was the Holtermann gold nugget?

The Beyers and Holtermann nugget was the largest single piece of reef gold ever discovered in the world. The Beyers and Holtermann nugget was, strictly speaking, not a nugget, but what is called a matrix. Weighing in around 286 kilograms(about 630 pounds), it measured 150cm by 66cm, and was worth at least £12,000 at the time it was discovered, in October 1872. It was discovered by workers at the Star of Hope Gold Mining Co on Hawkins Hill, at the Hill End goldfields in New South Wales, Australia.

Related Questions

Is a gold nugget a mineral and why?

a gold nugget is a non-mineral


What color is nugget of gold?

The color of a gold nugget is usually a bright, yellowish color.


What is a raw lump of gold called?

nugget and sometimes kernel.


Is the Gold nugget a compound?

No, a gold nugget is not a compound. It is a naturally occurring solid element made of pure gold.


Who needs the gold nugget in the poptropica?

You take the gold nugget to nabooti island and go to the traders. In return for the gold nugget, they wil give you something to help you finish the game.


During the gold rush how much was a gold nugget?

Depends on the size of the nugget. In 1849 gold was about $20.67 per ounce.


If you have 80mL of water and you add a gold nugget in the water rises 225mL what is the volume of gold nugget?

145


Is there another word for gold nugget?

gold


When and who found the first gold nugget?

I am not sure but I think it is the Welcome nugget


Is a gold nugget a pure substance or a mixture?

Gold is one of the few metals that exists in nature in a pure state. A gold nugget is made of the element gold.


What is arocker?

a gold nugget


A nugget of gold is placed in a graduated cylinder that contains 85 mL of water The water level rises to 225 mL after the nugget is added to the cylinder What is the volume of the gold nugget?

The volume of the gold nugget can be calculated by finding the difference in volume before and after adding the nugget. The volume of the gold nugget is 225 mL (final volume) - 85 mL (initial volume) = 140 mL.