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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cringely, post: 958807, member: 22271&quot;]I highly doubt that the gold layer is 100 mils (0.1&quot;) thick. 100 mils is huge for any sort of plating.</p><p>If it was gold, a 100 mil thick outer plating would have a weight on the order of 3/4 oz (~$900)</p><p>a 10 mil thick outer plating would have a weight on the order of 1/6 oz (~$200)</p><p>a 1 mil thick outer plating would have a weight on the order of 1/60 oz (~$20)</p><p><i><font size="1">all numbers are approximate as I modeled the object as a gold layered copper sphere and rounded off $ values</font></i></p><p><br /></p><p>My guess is that the plating was 0.100 mils (2.5 microns) thick.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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