Yes, this is one of those "Too good to be true" deals. Gold was about $1000 an ounce at the time, and I was able to buy one ounce of gold leaf for about $600... Oh yes, there was an ounce there... But it did not melt like Gold should. Instead, it reacted to heat the same way Aluminum Foil does... I surmize the seller collected something along the lines of the gold colored aluminum foil from say, Hershey's Kisses... It definitely was not Gold! Mercury would not even amalgamate with it... Mercury would have bonded with Lead, Zinc, Gold, Silver, probably other metals too. But it does not like Aluminum.
The only real gold in the lot was a gram and a half gold nugget worth about what, $60 at the time...
Fortunately, eBay buyer protection kicked in and worked in my favor... I did not get a FULL refund, but I got most of my money back, and the nugget easily covered what I didn't get back. I was very lucky.
Don't get me wrong. There are real lots of gold leaf... In fact, one common source is off the connectors on circuit boards. It is extremely pure Gold by the time one recovers them. Just be careful. Read the listing carefully. An honest seller will tell you the source of the Gold. If there is no source listed, beware. And check feedback too. eBay is much better now about handling bad deals, but I don't trust them 100% to do what's right.
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