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on friday Linus from AU enterprise brought me over a piece of PURPLE
GOLD. his casting office is about five blocks from my studio. he
warned me not to drop it it is very fragile. of course being a
curious jeweler i cut a piece of with a seperating disc and dropped
it 6 or 6 times in my pan to see if it would break. it never did but
i still believe him. i tried to solder it, but i had no success i
used 14 karat white gold hard. i also tried to drill it, i started to
them the piece i cut off broke. if i used a diamond bit i think i
could drill it. i am very excited to start creating pieces out of
this gold. it tests 18 karat. heating it will turn it a white color
but it can be sanded back to the purple color. call him if you are
interested in getting some. AU enterprise in Berkley MI. i dont have
his number handy.
Matthew
www.mhgjewelry.com