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  2. Jewellery cleaning - Wikipedia

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    Keeping your jewelry clean gives the gemstone(s) a good shiny appearance by removing dirt and grease (among others) from loosening them. Dirty jewelry may also cause skin irritation. [1] A professional cleaning may take anywhere from a few minutes to a few days depending on the circumstances.

  3. Borax method - Wikipedia

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    In contrast to the use of mercury (which relies on amalgamation of the gold to coalesce it and separate it from impurities) this method relies on borax's ability to lower all the minerals' melting points. Since the gold is usually the heaviest of these minerals, it allows for concentrating the gold on the bottom of the crucible.

  4. List of gold nuggets by size - Wikipedia

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    Watercourses often concentrate nuggets and finer gold in placers. Nuggets are recovered by placer mining, but they are also found in residual deposits where the gold-bearing veins or lodes are weathered. Nuggets are also found in the tailings piles of previous mining operations, especially those left by gold mining dredges. Nuggets are gold ...

  5. Gold nugget - Wikipedia

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    A gold nugget is a naturally occurring piece of native gold. Watercourses often concentrate nuggets and finer gold in placers. Nuggets are recovered by placer mining, but they are also found in residual deposits where the gold-bearing veins or lodes are weathered. Nuggets are also found in the tailings piles of previous mining operations ...

  6. Gold extraction - Wikipedia

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    Gold occurs principally as a native metal, i.e., gold itself.Sometimes it is alloyed to a greater or lesser extent with silver, which is called electrum.Native gold can occur as sizeable nuggets, as fine grains or flakes in alluvial deposits, or as grains or microscopic particles (known as colour) embedded in rock minerals.

  7. $10,000 reward offered after gold nugget reported stolen in ...

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    A massive gold nugget was reported stolen Thursday from the Long Beach Convention Center, prompting an offer of a $10,000 reward. Bob Campbell, the owner of a coin shop in Salt Lake City, said he ...

  8. Potato Creek Johnny - Wikipedia

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    The same year, the original nugget was moved to a safe deposit box over theft concerns and a replica was put on display in its place. [6] In 2014, a secure case was installed in the museum so the original could be placed on permanent display. [5] [7] The authenticity of Potato Creek Johnny's gold nugget has been the subject of debate.

  9. Keep your inbox clean by blocking unwanted mail in AOL ...

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    1. Sign in to Desktop Gold. 2. Open the read email view. 3. Right click on the email address. 4. Select Add to Blocked Addresses. 5. Click Ok to confirm. Block email addresses from Settings 1. Sign in to Desktop Gold. 2. Click Settings. 3. Click Mail. 4. Click the Spam Controls tab. 5.