Back قطعة ذهب Arabic Самародак Byelorussian Palleta d'or Catalan Nugget (Metallurgie) German Pepita de oro Spanish Pépite d'or French Ոսկու բնակտոր Armenian Pepita Italian 금덩이 Korean Zelta tīrradnis Latvian/Lettish
A gold nugget is a naturally occurring piece of native gold. Watercourses often concentrate nuggets and finer gold in placers. Nuggets are recovered by placer mining, but they are also found in residual deposits where the gold-bearing veins or lodes are weathered. Nuggets are also found in the tailings piles of previous mining operations, especially those left by gold mining dredges.