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  2. Edible gold - Wikipedia

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    Gold usually undergoes one of these processes: it could be hammered, or pounded and rolled, or just a leaf or powder. In the first case, the gold needs to reach the measure of about 1/8000 of a millimeter thick, in the second one it could be used as a normal leaf (the measure depends on the purpose) or smashed in powder. [1]

  3. Goldwasser - Wikipedia

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    'Gold water from Danzig'), Polish: Wódka Gdańska, with Goldwasser as the registered tradename, is a strong (40% ABV) root and herbal liqueur which was produced from 1598 to 2009 in Gdańsk (German: Danzig). Production now takes place in Germany. [1] The most prominent characteristic of the drink is small flakes of 23 karat gold suspended in ...

  4. Gold leaf - Wikipedia

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    A gold nugget of 5 mm (0.2 in) in diameter (bottom) can be expanded through hammering into a gold foil of about 0.5 m 2 (5.4 sq ft). The Toi gold mine museum, Japan.. Gold leaf is gold that has been hammered into thin sheets (usually around 0.1 μm thick [1]) by a process known as goldbeating, [2] for use in gilding.

  5. Totenpass - Wikipedia

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    The Getty Museum owns an outstanding example of a 4th-century BC Orphic prayer sheet from Thessaly, a gold-leaf rectangle measuring about 26 by 38 mm (1.0 by 1.5 in). [2] The burial site of a woman also in Thessaly and dating to the late 4th century BC yielded a pair of Totenpässe in the form of lamellae ( Latin , "thin metal sheets", singular ...

  6. Vark - Wikipedia

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    Vark (also varak Waraq or warq) is a fine filigree foil sheet of pure metal, typically silver but sometimes gold, [1] used to decorate Indian sweets and food. The silver and gold are edible, though flavorless. Vark is made by pounding silver into sheets less than one micrometre (μm) thick, typically 0.2–0.8 μm.

  7. Australian Aboriginal artefacts - Wikipedia

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    [28] [29] Cutting tools were made by hammering a core stone into flakes. [29] [30] Grinding stones can include millstones and mullers. [31] Quartzite is one of the main materials Aboriginal people used to create flakes but slate and other hard stone materials were also used. [29] [32] [33] Flakes can be used to create spear points and blades or ...

  8. Goldschläger - Wikipedia

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    Goldschläger is a Swiss cinnamon schnapps (43.5% alcohol by volume or 87 proof; originally it was 53.5% alcohol or 107 proof), [1] a liqueur with very thin, yet visible flakes of 24-karat gold floating in it. [2] The actual amount of gold has been measured at approximately 13 milligrams (0.20 grains) in a one-litre bottle. [3]

  9. Kuman thong - Wikipedia

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    A reproduction kuman thong sold as a souvenir at a Buddhist temple in Ayutthaya wrapped in a cloth featuring Nang Kwak.. A kuman thong (Thai: กุมารทอง) is a household divinity of Thai folk religion.