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<p>[QUOTE="terry5732, post: 232238, member: 42"]Not <i>any</i> base metal. Brass or copper will not. The only magnetic metals are iron, nickel and cobalt.</p><p><br /></p><p>Never heard of iron in gold. Iron would not make white. Nickel (magnetic) makes it white. Nickel or iron do not exhibit magnetic properties in that low of a concentration. A US nickel coin is about 20% nickel and has no magnetic attraction.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any magnetic attraction rules out gold, silver or platinum. Lack of attraction does not make it for sure, but rather makes it a possibility.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="terry5732, post: 232238, member: 42"]Not [I]any[/I] base metal. Brass or copper will not. The only magnetic metals are iron, nickel and cobalt. Never heard of iron in gold. Iron would not make white. Nickel (magnetic) makes it white. Nickel or iron do not exhibit magnetic properties in that low of a concentration. A US nickel coin is about 20% nickel and has no magnetic attraction. Any magnetic attraction rules out gold, silver or platinum. Lack of attraction does not make it for sure, but rather makes it a possibility.[/QUOTE]
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