"Nick Müller" wrote in message
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James Waldby wrote:

polishing the gold with an achat.
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What's an achat?

Sorry, it is agate.


Nick

The gold I spoke of was polished with balls of cotton. There is no
burnishing to speak of, so the gold leaf has a very pleasing texture. The
use of cotton made recovery of values much easier for me.

Interesting that agate is used. Likely because of its hardness?

Harold