[Jewelry making - Article 00068] - Re: [Orchid] Ancient gold granulation process

[brennan]

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    India is the place where the process is probably still practiced on
    the "curbside" in a pattern as close to ancient methods as anyplace.
    Untract seems to be the authority in English at least. He has his two
    metal oriented books and a more recent one on jewelry from India. I
    think he lives in Finland now. Maybe you could try to find him ? I
    have two older and have to really look at them again. The new one is
    at the local library and maybe I will be lucky enough to check it out
    and see what's there. gold should be an ideal material to make small
    particles since you could pound out very thin leaf and cut this into
    very small pieces to granulate in a hot carbon bed. Separation by wet
    flotation should work even with really fine stuff.  even air flotation
    ala 3M Super abrasive grading.  As I feel never say never even if you
    fail. 

    Since you are in Arizona and I am in Texas maybe I can visit if you
    set up to try this I will dig more, although I thought I was going to
    go away. Jesse  

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