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Record 1 2008-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gold and Silver Mining
DEF

Technology [which] has been developed by the Anglo American Research Laboratories (AARL) in South Africa to ’fingerprint’ samples of gold as an effective means of determining their provenance.

CONT

Gold fingerprinting, as its name suggests, is a technique which provides gold profiles unique to a given source. The procedure adopts a qualitative approach based on the singular patterns produced by the minor and trace element impurities present in gold. The generation of a Gold Bullion Databank, GBD, has provided an effective means of ascertaining gold provenance in cases where the origin is unknown.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines d'or et d'argent

Spanish

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