GRANULATION

Granulation

Granulation is a jewellery manufacturing technique whereby a surface is covered in spherules or granules of precious metal. The technique is thought to have its origins in Sumer about 5,000 years ago. In the first millennium B.C. the technique was used by Etruscans living in present-day Italy. Greek craftsmen also employed the technique, but it was the work coming from Etruria which became famous, in part due to the mysteries surrounding the process.

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granulation

Noun

  1. The formation of granules
  2. The condition of being granulated
  3. Granulated tissue on the surface of a healing wound; granulation tissue
  4. A bright, transient granular marking on the Sun's photosphere
  5. The attachment of granules of precious metal to underlying metal of jewellery


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