• Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
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      1 month ago

      I have had $10 jewelery from K-Mart that never chipped no matter what abuse I put it through.

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      30 days ago

      You can bite into lead. You can’t bite into gold, silver and bronze. That’s why it used to be a test for fake coins. If the chips are bite marks, the metal’s really low grade. Biting into Gold and Silver is even easier.

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        You have it backwards. Gold is extremely malleable and you can easily leave marks in pure gold by biting it.

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          Yep, I’ve since looked it up, and it’s apparently the most malleable metal, with Silver coming second. To be fair, Lead is pretty malleable, too, and you can leave bite marks in it if you put it in your mouth.