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  2. Gold-filled jewelry - Wikipedia

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    Diagram of a gold-filled object A watch made from gold-filled metal. Gold-filled is a type of composite material. Composites are formed from two or more constituent materials with different properties that, when combined, create a new material with enhanced properties. [1] Gold-filled material is made by bonding a layer of gold alloy to a base ...

  3. Jewellery - Wikipedia

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    The more common form of jewellery was the hammered sheet type. Sheets of metal would be hammered to thickness and then soldered together. The inside of the two sheets would be filled with wax or another liquid to preserve the metal work. Different techniques, such as using a stamp or engraving, were then used to create motifs on the jewellery.

  4. Az-Zukhruf - Wikipedia

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    Az-Zukhruf [1] (Arabic: الزخرف, "Ornaments of Gold, Luxury") is the 43rd chapter (), of the Quran, the central religious text of Islam.It contains 89 verses ().Named after the golden ornaments recognized in verse 35 and again in verse 53, this surah dates back to the Second Meccan Period before the Prophet Muhammad’s migration to Medina.

  5. Talk:Carat (purity) - Wikipedia

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    6 initials for gold jewelry. 1 comment. 7 14 carat discrepancy. 2 comments. 8 Karat / carat as a measure of purity? 1 comment. 9 Page's definition is wrong. 2 comments.

  6. Calculation of Zakāt - Wikipedia

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    The gold considered in determining the Zakat threshold is 24 karats because 21, 18, and other karats are not pure gold; they are mixed with other metals and alloys. If someone has gold of another karat, such as 22, 21, 18, 14, 10, or any other, Zakat is obligatory only on the pure part of it.

  7. Mithqal - Wikipedia

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    Gold dinar of Umayyad Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, minted at Damascus, Syria in AH 75 (697/698 CE), having a weight of almost 1 mithqāl (4.25 grams) Mithqāl ( Arabic : مثقال ) is a unit of mass equal to 4.25 grams (0.137 ozt ) which is mostly used for measuring precious metals, such as gold , and other commodities, like saffron .

  8. Nazar (amulet) - Wikipedia

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    The term is also used in Azerbaijani, Bengali, Hebrew, Hindi–Urdu, Kurdish, Pashto, Persian, Punjabi, Turkish, Greek and other languages. [1] In Turkey, it is known by the name nazar boncuğu [ 2 ] (the latter word being a derivative of boncuk , "bead" in Turkic, and the former borrowed from Arabic), in Greece it is known as máti ( μάτι ...

  9. Kintsugi - Wikipedia

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    Lacquerware is a longstanding tradition in Japan [6] [7] and, at some point, kintsugi may have been combined with maki-e as a replacement for other ceramic repair techniques. . While the process is associated with Japanese craftsmen, the technique was also applied to ceramic pieces of other origins including China, Vietnam, and Kor