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Q: Can you extract gold from gold-filled jewelry?
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Are gold jewelry buyers buying the jewelry or are they looking to melt it down and extract the gold content?

Both. The gold jewelry has intrinsic value depending on the gold content, and they can possibly sell it for more if the price of gold increases. They also melt the gold down to extract the gold content, especially if they have a large quantity of lower-quality gold jewelry they want to get value from.


Does gold filled have scrap value?

Of course, e.g the number "10" (after "goldfilled") means 10K or 10/24 is gold


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Why acient Egyptians had a lot of jewelry?

Jewelry was a status symbol back then like it is today. Egypt was blessed with rich natural resources (lots of gold and silver that was easy to extract) and so the wealthy could afford to make jewelry and wear it as a status symbol


How do you extract gold?

By reduction-oxidation reaction you can extract metals, including Gold, from ore.


How do you extract gold from tooth?

you take the gold out of it


How do you learn about gold jewelry online?

For learning about gold jewelry online there are several things you can do. You can look up how gold jewelry originated, how it has advanced, and what gold jewelry is being sold now by its carats.


Is monet jewelry real gold?

fake gold, nope it's custom jewelry


What does CH 18K on jewelry mean?

This means that the jewelry is gold plated with 18 karat gold. You can get different kinds of gold in your jewelry.


What element is gold jewelry made of?

This answer is fairly simple. The element of which you speak...in gold jewelry...is gold.


How do you extract gold from gold filled objects?

A gold filled item has gold on the outside, and is filled with a base metal. Gold is recovered from dust (jewelers sweep the dust from their work areas where they file and shape gold) and from scrap jewelry, plated items (electronics connectors) etc. The metals are dissolved in strong acids, and then the pure gold is removed from the liquid by an electrolytic process. A DC current is passed through the liquid, and the metallic gold concentrates at one conductor, This is pure 24K gold, and must be alloyed with other metals to be usable in jewelry. 24K is too soft for most jewelry.


What is jewelry that is toned?

The jewelry that have gold tone or silver tone means that these jewelry have been plated a thin layer of gold or silver so that these jewelry have the color of silver or gold.