an3.101:1.1 “Native gold has coarse corruptions: sand, soil, and gravel.
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an3.101:1.2 A panner or their apprentice pours it into a pan, where they wash, rinse, and clean it.
an3.101:1.3 When that’s been eliminated, there are medium corruptions in the native gold: fine grit and coarse sand.
an3.101:1.4 The panner washes it again.
an3.101:1.5 When that’s been eliminated, there are fine corruptions in the native gold: fine sand and black grime.
an3.101:1.6 The panner washes it again.
an3.101:1.7 When that’s been eliminated, only golden flecks remain.
an3.101:1.8 A goldsmith or their apprentice places the native gold in a crucible where they blow, melt, and smelt it.
an3.101:1.9 Still the native gold is not settled and the dross is not totally gone. It’s not pliable, workable, or radiant, but is brittle and not completely ready for working.
an3.101:1.10 But the goldsmith keeps on blowing, melting, and smelting it.
an3.101:1.11 The native gold becomes pliable, workable, and radiant, not brittle, and ready to be worked.
an3.101:1.12 Then the goldsmith can successfully create any kind of ornament they want, whether a bracelet, earrings, a necklace, or a golden garland.