Story: Gold and gold mining

Testing gold

This gold assayer takes a sample from a gold bar to test its purity (gold content).

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Carl Walrond, Gold and gold mining – Gold and the economy, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/8659/testing-gold (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Carl Walrond, published 2 March 2009.