[Jewelry making - Article 01109] - Re: [Orchid] Brittle Gold

[Jim Reitze]

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    It has been a long time since I have had that problem, but that may
    be just because there are so few people still wearing rings that old.
    LOL.  I think it is an alloy issue.  When I have run into these
    problems, I also have noted that those rings, when used as scrap
    material, do not melt and roll out nicely.  Can't seem to anneal
    right, very brittle no matter what I have done to them.  If those
    have been presented as scrap, they just go on to the refinery. 
    Unfortunately, I don't have any idea what the alloy materials are in
    these oldies. Jim 



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