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No, that measures volume, not gold content. Anything at least as dense as gold, maybe with with gaps in it to match the density, and a layer of gold around it is indistinguishable from pure gold this way.

A more reliable and still relatively cheap test is via conductivity.


Yes IIRC cutting with Tungsten is quite good at circumventing these tests

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