The word 'carat' (the measurement for gold purity ) comes from 'carob'; carob seeds were originally used to balance scales in Oriental bazaars. Pure gold is designated 24 carat, which compares with the 'fineness' by which bar gold is defined.
Some people go to great lengths to use gold as much as possible. Here are some of the more extreme examples…
source:www.gold.org
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