Gold Staffordshire Hoard to be displayed again
Items from the Staffordshire Hoard of gold Anglo-Saxon artefacts will go back on display in Stoke-on-Trent and Birmingham later this month.
A number of objects from the treasure trove recently went on display at the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery in Stoke-on-Trent, with more items due to return to the museum - as well as to the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery - between March 13th and April 18th.
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Gold items to be shown in Vancouver during Paralympic Games
The Royal Canadian Mint has announced that it is extending its display of medals and coins - including a number of gold items - in Vancouver for the duration of the Winter Paralympic Games.
It had originally launched the showcase for the Winter Olympics in February, which proved a success - some 110,000 people visited the pavilion in Granville Street between February 12th and 28th.
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New gold coins to celebrate UK’s capital cities
The Royal Mint has announced plans to launch limited edition £1 gold coins to honour the UK’s four capital cities.
It will begin the initiative by launching a set of commemorative coins in gold and other materials designed by goldsmith and jeweller to the Queen Stuart Devlin to celebrate London.
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Gold Islamic rarities to be displayed by Sotheby’s
Auction house Sotheby’s has announced that it is to hold an exhibition of rare items from its upcoming Arts of the Islamic World sale - including gold objects - later this month.
The display will take place at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Doha, Qatar on March 14th.
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India ‘one of fastest growing markets for gold jewellery’
Gold jewellery remains a popular choice for consumers in India, as a recent study has revealed that the nation has one of the fastest growing fine jewellery markets in the world.
The research, undertaken by the Export-Import Bank of India, revealed that the country is the world’s largest consumer of gold, accounting for approximately 24 per cent of all purchases, Jewellery News reports.
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Breitling to unveil unique gold watch
Breitling is set to unveil a unique gold pocket watch at the upcoming Baselworld 2010 event in March, it has been revealed.
The luxury watch manufacturer has designed the timepiece in honour of Walter Owen Bentley, the founder of Bentley Motors, Luxist reports.
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‘Strong demand’ for gold jewellery in India
Women in India continue to be keen to acquire pieces of gold jewellery, one expert has stated.
Amit Kr Sen, director of leading Indian jewellery house BC Sen & Co, said: "The enthusiasm of Indian women to acquire gold jewellery is not dimmed."
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Significant gold discovery made in Western Australia, Integra reports
A "significant" gold discovery has been made at the Majestic Prospect in Western Australia, Integra Mining has reported.
The discovery site stands 22 kilometres to the north of the company’s Salt Creek gold deposit, where a gold mining facility is currently in the process of being developed.
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Chile gold exploration yields "excellent results"
The latest stage of an ongoing exploration programme at the Volcan gold project in Chile has produced "excellent results", it has been announced.
Andina Minerals, which is carrying out the work, said it will complete a total 20,960 metres of drilling as part of its 2009-10 plans for the property.
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Gold treatment ‘kills brain parasites’
Gold nanospheres have been successfully used to destroy parasites in the human body, including one that causes cysts in the brain.
Professor Michael Cortie, director of the Institute for Nanoscale Technology at the University of Technology Sydney, told Cosmos magazine that most medical treatments involving gold nanoparticles are focused on cancer and that his research into targeting parasites is the first of its kind in the world.
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