Gold nugget measuring 7.5 inches across and weighing more than 9 pounds is up for sale

The enormous gold piece, famously labelled the ‘Golden Beauty’, was discovered in 1979 by John and Frances Aggiss in the Kalgoorlie Goldfields of Western Australia, is now on display for interested collectors and enthusiasts, with an opening bid that has already reached $400,000.

This piece of gold measures nearly 7.5 inches across and weighs more than 9 pounds. It ended up in a private Swiss collection after its discovery and has retained a legendary status among experts. It has been estimated that all of the Gold ever mined would fit in a cube measuring roughly 22 meters in each direction. Very little remains in a natural nugget state, with the vast majority melted down and refined for things like coins and jewellery.