Gold parting
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The very earliest attempts at refining gold can be shown by the surface enhancement of gold rings. Gold quality was increased at the surface by 8095 pared to 6475 gold at the interior found in Nahal Qanah Cave dated to the 4th millennium BC. Further evidence is from three gold chisels from the 3rd Millennium BC royal cemetery at Ur that had a surface of high gold 83 , low silver 9 and copper 8 compared with an interior of 45 gold, 10 silver and 45 copper. The surfacepacted



































