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                                                                    Exhibit 23.7

            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
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We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-4 of Leucadia National Corporation of our report dated March
10, 2005, except for the third paragraph of Note 1 and Note 18 for which the
date is May 12, 2005, related to the consolidated financial statements of MK
Resources Company, which appears in the MK Resources Company's 2004 Annual
Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the year ended December 31, 2004. We also
consent to the reference to us under the heading "Experts" in such Registration
Statement.



/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Salt Lake City, Utah
June 14, 2005


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