| Jewellery Fact Files |
| What Does Gold Look Like in the Ground? |
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The gold jewellery that you purchase in the shops is refined gold. Gold as a precious metal in the ground looks nothing like it either in colour or texture. Gold is a crystal but it rarely looks like other crystals occuring naturally.
In its prosaic form gold is a chemical element, a lustrous, dense, yellow precious metal in Group 11, Period 6, of the periodic table. Although it occurs naturally in a pure form it is important because it is more or less indestructible, yet very malleable.
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| Historic Significance of gold bracelets |
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Bracelets have been used to adorn the arm since ancient times; the ancient Egyptians used gold bracelets to adorn their upper arms. Today they are a sexy way to jazz up an outfit and make it look different every time. Now gold bracelets are an every day item
no special occasion is needed to wear them. Gold bracelets are as common as a watch.
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| The archaeological significance of gold coins |
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Gold coins are more than currency they are historical evidence because they have always been hoarded and buried in times of war, which is why many gold coins are still unearthed today. If coins could talk they would scream! Many archaeological digs have
uncovered priceless collections of old coins that have been buried and hidden. Sometimes more than once, it is not unusual for coins to have been looted and then hidden in a far Away location.
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| Celtic Gold |
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The Celts came from an ancient Greek word Keltoi describing a group of barbarians living in cenral Europe principally Hungary. The Celts were not race but a broad linguistic group, and there was no one place that the Celts lived, and they were never
governed by one government.
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| The Chemical Element Gold (Au) |
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The chemical element gold has been valued throughout history, because of its colour texture and malleable properties. As it is found naturally in its pure form it has been easily accessible to large amounts of people. As it is a valuable metal it has
also been used for money and the Romans became masters at passing on a message to their subjects in the conquered lands by using the two sides of the coin.
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| Gold leaf |
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Gold leaf has been used to gild many objects, because gold is so malleable, the gold is beaten out until the leaves are four millionths of an inch thick. Historically it had many uses; it was very popular in the middle ages to use it to gild manuscripts.
In Europe many of the manuscripts were written by monks and they had control over the written word as it was unusual for anyone other than monks to be able to read.
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