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October 29, 2012 01:50 pm PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/7IWWduZkjsI/fake-gold-bars-infiltrate-prec.html
Fake gold bars infiltrate precious metals market
Warning: some of your $18,000 10-ounce gold bars might actually be filled with tungsten. Gold goes for about $1800/ounce; tungsten is $1/ounce. Chemical engineer Ibrahim Fadl, who owns a business in Manhattan's Diamond District, strips away the outer layer of a 10-ounce bar of what he thought was pure gold, sold to him by a [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/7IWWduZkjsI/fake-gold-bars-infiltrate-prec.html
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