Submitted by sylpher250 t3_z1bdkg in askscience
marcusregulus t1_ixb36d1 wrote
At one time, dental gold was amalgamated with lead and mercury. Gold taken from the mouths of many victims of the holocaust (Shoah) had lead/mercury amalgams. If the gold item in question has quantifiable amounts of lead and mercury then it is likely a 20th century construct.
What the lead and mercury isotopes are and what the concentration would need to be in order to identify it as dental gold is beyond me.
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