Turning Precious Metals to Jewelry

Another astonishing fact about precious metals aside from their rarity is the intricacy of the processes employed to shape them. People may take little appreciation towards these elements when they are raw as their crude form may seem a little abstract and unattractive. But that depends upon one’s preference. Generally, a lot are magnetized by finished products than the sight of an unprocessed metal. That’s why machines are built to not only extract and purify these elements but to hew them and fashion them in a way that will make them more desirable.

So your rings and necklaces are nothing but precious metals that have undergone a series of sophisticated procedures until the desired shape is achieved.  But prior to that, one of the most difficult stages in the process is mining. As these metals are too scarce, the initial phase may always entail high cost and danger due to competition. It’s not unthinkable to imagine people squabbling for a piece of fortune, especially in impoverished countries where they see gold or silver as their way out of destitution. That’s reality no matter how hyperbolic that may sound. High cost of operation is fairly logical since you cannot take them out of the earth’s crust with just your bare hands but with the aid of machines or tools that will make it a lot easier for you.

From there, extraction of these precious metals takes place. Right from the dirt, a lot of them may contain particles that are rather superfluous hence the necessity of extraction. Usually the process involves the application of cyanide solutions that dissolves metals like gold which frees them from rocks or other elements. Once these metals are melted and separated from the rest, they can be solidified and formed to create shapes with one’s creativity as the limit. 

Because sometimes you have to delve a little bit deeper before you can truly appreciate and value something. Just like these metals, they’re not only precious because they are rare but because they are processed and polished. So the next time you will look at your jewelries like those hanging on your ears or the one that you have on your wrist or finger, try to look at the laborious processes that these precious metals have undergone and the stories that may be deduced out of them.