[Jewelry making - Article 00851] - Re: [Orchid] Engagement ring conundrum

[Kevin]

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    Couple of thoughts: The earlier suggestion to perhaps buy Welsh gold
    is a good one, but likely to be _hugely_ expensive!  The Welsh
    goldmines open and close as entrepreneurs come and go.  I don't think
    that any are currently producing.  I live near the Welsh border, and
    high end jewellery shops here used to have a range of rings made
    _from_ Welsh gold, sold at a premium to their ordinary items.  But
    the last few years they've changed, and the Welsh items are now
    described on the labels as "including a touch of Welsh gold", which
    is disarmingly honest! 

    Of course, there are a number of other places that produce virgin
    gold and don't have represive regimes.  Australia is one.  The only
    problem is that generally the refiners take in scrap as well as
    virgin, but it might be possible to get a special order, at a price. 

    Finally it might be best, and possibly more romantic, to get a
    nugget, or a few grams of aluvial flakes.  You wouldn't know the
    exact fineness, but you'd get a good idea, knowing the locality. 

Kevin  (NW England, UK)



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