"Steve W." wrote in message
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Ignoramus29334 wrote:

With such a tiny amount of gold, Harold, can't he melt it in a charcoal
block? I thought I'd heard of that being done.


And, could you melt it in a graphite block? (EDM graphite)

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PURE carbon graphite yes provided it's yellow gold.

Not quite sure of your reasoning, stating it must be yellow gold. To my
knowledge, gold alloy of almost any description can be melted with a
graphite vessel.

Harold