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3 results for “mine closure bond” in Craft
Craft · 5 June 2026
The Alchemy of Craft: What Goldsmiths Know That Machines Don't
…arked 750. The remaining quarter is alloying metal, usually copper and silver, which determines hardness and colour. · Why is pure gold rarely used in jewellery? At 24k gold is soft enough to be marked by a fingernail's pressure over time and deforms out of shape in daily wear. A…
Yusuf Demir · 11 min read
Craft · 22 July 2026
Hallmarks and Assay: How Anyone Proves Gold Is Gold
…ross Europe. The alloy is an engineering decision, and the fineness mark is the honest disclosure of it. · 999.9 Four-nines fineness — refining's practical ceiling 750 18 karat — the standard fine jewellery alloy 585 14 karat — the durable everyday standard 375 9 karat — legal as…
Yusuf Demir · 12 min read
Craft · 3 August 2026
The Wedding-Season Bid: How Jewellery Demand Sets the Floor
…t; logistics capacity into the subcontinent is booked against it; and a monsoon that determines the rural harvest determines, with a lag of a few months, how much of the wedding-season buying actually materialises in the villages where a large share of it happens. · ~50% Share of…
Yusuf Demir · 16 min read
