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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 13127598, member: 2844&quot;]That is a form of damascene, not niello.</p><p>Niello is a powdered mix, generally of copper, silver, lead and sulphur, that is heated so it looks a bit like black enamel, only of metals, not glass. It is more durable than glass enamel.</p><p><br /></p><p>Damascene work is blackened iron with softer metals like gold or silver hammered in.</p><p>The term damascene is also used for Damascus steel, patterns in wootz steel, used in weapons and the like.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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