a group of illegal miners in Ghana has discovered what they believe to be the largest gold nugget in the country's history however due to unverified sources an analysis suggests that what is proposed to be the largest gold nugget could actually be pyate or quartz sometimes quarts can mix with gold in mining areas giving the mineral a golden appearance moreover it's unlikely that seven people could lift a nugget of this size if it were truly gold they probably wouldn't have brought it into the public eye they would have preferred to conceal it for their own benefit