relative to a dime is .286 gram gold nugget smaller?
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Definitely.
The density of gold is 19.3g/cc (cubic centimeter).
0.286g x 1cc / 19.3g = 0.015cc
If your nugget is a perfect sphere, its radius
would be the cube root of 3V/4pi, which is
(coincidentally) 0.15cm or 1.5mm.
So your nugget has a diameter of 3mm, which makes
it the size of...let's see, what's 3mm across? An apple
seed, or a not-too-big chocolate chip, maybe.
PS: Gold is selling for just over $60US per gram tonight,
so our chocolate-chip-sized nugget would be worth about
$16.80.
The density of gold is 19.3g/cc (cubic centimeter).
0.286g x 1cc / 19.3g = 0.015cc
If your nugget is a perfect sphere, its radius
would be the cube root of 3V/4pi, which is
(coincidentally) 0.15cm or 1.5mm.
So your nugget has a diameter of 3mm, which makes
it the size of...let's see, what's 3mm across? An apple
seed, or a not-too-big chocolate chip, maybe.
PS: Gold is selling for just over $60US per gram tonight,
so our chocolate-chip-sized nugget would be worth about
$16.80.