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A herdsman found a 17-pound #x0028;7.85-kilogram#x0029; gold nugget that was “practically lying on bare ground” in China#39;s far western Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The Kazak herdsman, Berek Sawut, from Qinghe County in Altay Prefecture made the extraordinary discovery around 5 p.m. last Friday. The estimated price for such an unexpected luck, assuming the nugget is 80 percent pure #x0028;Nuggets are usually 80 to 90 percent pure#x0029;, is a whopping 1.6 million yuan #x0028;255,313 U.S.

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17-pound gold nugget found in China