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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;desertgem, post: 965902, member: 15199&quot;]Typically real gold leaf is 22-23k. Retail price for a gram would be about $70, but it is usually sold in sheets rather than weight. The only that I found sold by weight is &quot;sprinkles&quot; for those who like to sprinkle gold over their chocolate or other food. The eBay ad I saw specified that it was scrap from leaf and there was no guarantee as to purity. That would be disturbing for 2 reasons. First the leaf companies provide &quot;imitation gold&quot; of copper and zinc, which when in a gram bag would be hard to distinguish without testing, and that is the second point, the cost of assaying such a small amount of gold would be way more than a gram gold bar IMO.&nbsp; But it might make a nice gift for a kid, but don&#039;t put it on your chocolate in case it is zinc.</p><p><br /></p><p>P.s. I have only done one gold leaf project in my life, and never again if I can help it <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; although the new gold leaf with a wax based support does keep the square flat. Saw a photo of a car that had been gold leafed this way, but the owner drove in a gritty wind and ruined it <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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