[Jewelry making - Article 00166] - Re: [Orchid] Reticulating White Gold

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    	Reticulation is when you heat and pickle silver that is 80% silver
    and 20% alloy,  5-7 times  and develop  fine silver on the surface,
    and then heat the piece and the center becomes molten 	the outside
    does not, and the metal deforms in peaks and valleys. 	Other metals
    do not do this. You can deform other metals with heat, but you do not
    get the dramatic 	textures that reticulated 80% does.  


Richard Hart
Jewelers Gallery - Custom Designs - Gold - Silver -Diamonds - Colored Gems
E-Mail: Jeweler AT interfold.com


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