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mewthree - 08 Dec 2006 20:12 GMT

how much is this worth and is it viable to extract the gold content out
of it?

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Vaughn Simon - 09 Dec 2006 02:27 GMT

> how much is this worth and is it viable to extract the gold content out of it?

Yes, it is valuable. There are refiners who specialize in recycling gold.
If you just have a few teeth, take them to a jeweler and have something made for
yourself.

Believe it or not, dental labs save their vacuum bags for refining of the
gold dust, and even roll up their old carpets (like the golden fleece) and send
it to their favorite refiner for a check based on its gold content.

Vaughn

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Newbie - 11 Dec 2006 16:12 GMT

>how much is this worth and is it viable to extract the gold content out
>of it?

1.555 gm = 1 pennyweight
20 pennyweights = 1 troy ounce

http://www.dhfco.com/pages/hints_charts_ounce.html

Dental casting gold can range from ~10 to 18K
About 41% to 75% Au

There are other precious metals in dental casting gold.
platinum, palladium, silver.

Today gold is $629.10/ troy ounce.
http://goldinfo.net/gold1.html
~$31.45/ pennyweight

Refiners regularly extract the precious metals from a variety of sources.
One refiner that I know of is Garfield.

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carabelli - 11 Dec 2006 16:15 GMT

> Refiners regularly extract the precious metals from a variety of sources.
> One refiner that I know of is Garfield.

There's gold in lasagna?

carabelli

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Newbie - 11 Dec 2006 17:50 GMT

>> Refiners regularly extract the precious metals from a variety of sources.
>> One refiner that I know of is Garfield.
>
>There's gold in lasagna?
>
>carabelli

Yes, but collecting the output is a rather nasty business.

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