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Lapidary
Nugget pendant
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<blockquote data-quote="Lefty" data-source="post: 409660" data-attributes="member: 2976"><p>Nice find there Josh. My auntie has a pendant made from a single raw nugget and it looks quite good though it's a little larger than the one you have there.</p><p></p><p>To make a ring requires the gold to be alloyed in correct proportions - gold that is getting close to pure is too soft. A member of my old lapidary club once found a decent little nugget and made a man's ring from it himself, it turned out looking schmick he reckons. Wore it to work the next day and snapped it in half. Rings are subject to a lot more stress and knocks than pendants and earrings because they are on the hands.</p><p></p><p>I'm pretty sure it would be do-able with your own gold as long as you can get it smelted, purifed and then made into the correct alloy (some proportion of silver and/or copper is usually added I think). </p><p></p><p>I think the Perth Mint might do this?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lefty, post: 409660, member: 2976"] Nice find there Josh. My auntie has a pendant made from a single raw nugget and it looks quite good though it's a little larger than the one you have there. To make a ring requires the gold to be alloyed in correct proportions - gold that is getting close to pure is too soft. A member of my old lapidary club once found a decent little nugget and made a man's ring from it himself, it turned out looking schmick he reckons. Wore it to work the next day and snapped it in half. Rings are subject to a lot more stress and knocks than pendants and earrings because they are on the hands. I'm pretty sure it would be do-able with your own gold as long as you can get it smelted, purifed and then made into the correct alloy (some proportion of silver and/or copper is usually added I think). I think the Perth Mint might do this? [/QUOTE]
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