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Silver leaf

Leaf of silver that is extremely thin. It has been used for backing certain gemstones (e.g. rose cut diamonds and

garnet

) but is too thin and fragile to be satisfactorily applied to a base metal.

From: An Illustrated Dictionary of Jewelry, autor: Harold Newman, publishers: Thames and Hudson

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