[Jewelry making - Article 00132] - Re: [Orchid] When silver should be refined?

[Al]

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>     Silly question but I have managed to get a small portion of 14k
>     gold dust mixed in with my sterling, can this still be sent out to
>     be refined at some point or should I just toss the lot? I don't
>     have the capability to melt and make my own ingots quite yet.
>     Thanks in advance. 

    If the amount of gold is small in relation to the silver then the
    silver will not suffer at all from having a bit of gold in it, in
    fact gold improves the properties of silver. Keep it because a) it is
    bad luck to throw away any gold; and b) one day you will melt your
    first ingot or get the whole lot refined. 

Cheers, Alastair
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