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5.2.4<br />

Uses<br />

Gold is also used for making various tribal jewellery pieces for the people who can afford this precious metal as it is expensive in comparison to silver and<br />

is sourced from the artisan of the nearby jewellery shops. <strong>The</strong> artisans working in village areas source gold from jewellery markets in the city. Sarafa market<br />

and ghoda chowk of Jodhpur are eminent places for buying and selling jewellery pieces, raw materials, etc, and the artisans working in the nearby village<br />

areas source their raw materials from these markets. Gold in the form of ingots, wires, sheets, bars, biscuits and other forms are purchased at the current price<br />

of the metal.<br />

Other uses:<br />

Gold is a chemically inert metal, and this makes it useful in several ways. It is used as a form of currency. It is used for making jewellery as it is a precious<br />

metal with brilliant lustre. A small amount of gold is used in almost every sophisticated electronic device. This includes cell phones, calculators, personal<br />

digital assistants, global positioning system (GPS) units, and other small electronic devices. Most large electronic appliances such as television sets also<br />

contain gold. It is used in healthcare also, cavities in human teeth are filled with gold, it is used in surgical instruments and is used in injections for treatment<br />

of some diseases.<br />

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