Ancient Gold vs. Antique Gold

The other day we talked about ancient gold and the gold we referred to was truly ancient, as in it was thousands of years old. The pre-Hispanic gold items that were recently donated to the country of Mexico have truly outlasted the people and the culture that produced them. They are a lasting legacy and a tribute to the creativity of ancient [ read more ]

Ancient Afghan Gold on Display in Houston

Residents of and visitors to Houston, Texas will be able to see gold objects that are on loan from the Afghan National Museum. This is a great opportunity to see some of the products of an ancient culture that many of us are not all that familiar with. When you cannot get to the actual country itself, seeing objects from that place can provide you [ read more ]

How Gold is Measured

A karat by another name is not the same...as say a carat.  Although these two words sound alike and look alike since some people figure that the letters “k” and “c” might be used interchangeably, they are actually very different.

Carats
A carat is a measurement used for the weight of diamonds and other gemstones. Since the early part of the [ read more ]

Gold Coins Commemorate First Spouses

The coins commemorating Louisa Adams and the time that she spend as First Lady of the United States  are so far the likely the scarcest of all of the gold coin that the U.S. Mint created to honor presidential spouses. The Louisa Adams First Spouse gold coins were first made available to the public in May of 2008 and were the sixth in the [ read more ]

Cash for Gold is a Great Reward

Gold nanoparticles have been used to created innovative inventions and products that will change lives. Scientists have used gold electrodes for something the call "nano-soldering." Gold nanoparticles have also recently been used to make a sensor. The particles of gold in this device are one component in a machine that detects copper and will be [ read more ]

Gold as a Catalyst for Safer Chemical Processes

While we can hardly imagine someone including gold as a main ingredient in products such as glue, varnish or tires, we can tell you that gold may indeed one day be used as a catalyst in the production of such materials. When we buy things in the store, we hardly stop to think about how they are made. We just pick them up and go. Or if we worry [ read more ]

The Goose Girl Saves a Piece of Gold

On Wednesday we were looking at the fairy tale, The Goose Girl. In this story, a young, naive princess leaves home for her arranged marriage to a prince in a faraway land. On the way there, she is overpowered by her maidservant and forced to trade places and clothes so that when they arrive, the maidservant presents herself as the princess.
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White Gold vs. Platinum

Although white gold and platinum may seem to be very much alike to an untrained eye, jewelry made with the two metals is very different. One way in which they differ is in price--platinum is a lot more expensive than white gold. Read on and you'll get some idea what this is the case.

White Gold
White gold is not found in nature; instead it is [ read more ]

Recycling Gold is an Ancient Tradition

Recently, a commercial on the radio gave the listening public an interesting fact: there is enough gold in 200 cell phones to make a gold wedding band. We have not tested this out to find out if it is true, but what we do know is that gold plays an important role in helping everyday electronics to function. And since the commercial’s main object [ read more ]

Guest at Inn Finds a Gold Coin

Longfellow's Wayside Inn, a place that has earned the distinction of being America's oldest inn that is still in operation, likes to provide guests with an little "extra" that goes beyond a mint on their pillow.

A writer who was staying there found a gold Andrew Jackson coin (face value: $1) in an envelope under a wooden slat in her room.  She [ read more ]