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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1491919, member: 26302"]Yeah, it surprised me as well when I first learned it. </p><p><br /></p><p>Gold does not really appear in nature as flakes, it appears as small grains, but those are different. Flakes like this are completely manmade and contain almost no gold at all. You can melt them, of course, but when you do you will find out there is a lot of mercury and base metal in there, and maybe a dollar in gold. They have about as much gold as a HSN gold plated state quarter, which means nearly none.</p><p><br /></p><p>They look pretty though. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>P.S. Please pay attention to when they say "do not eat!". This stuff can contain lead, mercury, arsenic, and other items. No joke, do not eat and for heavens sake do not have it anywhere near children. Or, better yet, just don't buy the junk. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1491919, member: 26302"]Yeah, it surprised me as well when I first learned it. Gold does not really appear in nature as flakes, it appears as small grains, but those are different. Flakes like this are completely manmade and contain almost no gold at all. You can melt them, of course, but when you do you will find out there is a lot of mercury and base metal in there, and maybe a dollar in gold. They have about as much gold as a HSN gold plated state quarter, which means nearly none. They look pretty though. :) P.S. Please pay attention to when they say "do not eat!". This stuff can contain lead, mercury, arsenic, and other items. No joke, do not eat and for heavens sake do not have it anywhere near children. Or, better yet, just don't buy the junk. :)[/QUOTE]
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