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Elegant McDonald's Fries JewelryAre you lovin’ it? I sure am! If Ronald McDonald strikes it big and wants to put his wealth on ostentatious display, this what he would wear. Marc Deloche, a French jewelry designer of renown, designed this necklace that resembles a package of McDonald’s famous fries.If Google Translate is working properly (sorry, my high school French is too far gone), then this necklace was offered as a prize in a contest at McDonald’s locations in the city of Toulouse. Since it’s assessed at €15,000 ($16, 723 USD), then I’ll guess that’s real gold and diamonds. Presumably real ketchup is still available in packets.-via Toxel#McDonalds #jewelry #frenchfries #necklace #gold #diamond

Man From Denmark Found Stash of 1,500-Year-Old Gold Jewelry With His Newly Acquired Metal DetectorOle Ginnerup Schytz wanted to test his newly acquired metal detector. Fortunately, his old classmate owned some land, and Schyyz was given permission to test his new toy there. And so he did. But Schytz did not expect what happened next. After only a few hours of walking on the lot, the metal detector reacted to something, and that something turned out to be “one of the greatest gold treasures in Danish history.” Talk about beginner’s luck!The site was subsequently excavated by archaeologists from Vejlemuseerne, in collaboration with experts from the National Museum and with funding from the Agency for Culture and Palaces.Archaeologists now know that the treasure was buried in a longhouse in a village about 1,500 years ago. The studies, and the many samples and data collected, will provide invaluable knowledge about the connections and circumstances that led to the treasure being buried by an Iron Age chieftain.Learn more about this extraordinary archaeological find here.(All Images Credit: VeljeMuseerne)#Archaeology #Treasure #Gold #IronAge

Fool's Gold Actually Contains Real GoldPyrite or iron disulfide was called fool's gold because foolish prospectors would mistake it for real gold. But research showed that pyrite can actually contain real gold!From The Conversation:When crystals stretch or twist, the bonds between neighbouring atoms are broken and remade, forming billions of tiny imperfections called “dislocations”, each roughly 100,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair, or 100 times smaller than a virus particle....Our research reveals that dislocations within pyrite crystals can be “decorated” with gold atoms. This is particularly common where the crystals have been twisted during their history; here, gold can be present at concentrations several times higher than in the rest of the crystal.Image: Uoaei1/Wikimedia Commons