page_title: Metal leaf
hierarchical_section_title: Metal leaf
caption_attribution_description: English: Small gold nugget 5mm dia and corresponding gold foil surface of half sq_meter 日本語: 静岡県伊豆市にある土肥金山の展示物
context_page_description: A metal leaf, also called composition leaf or schlagmetal, is a thin foil used for decoration. Metal leaves can come in many different shades. Some metal leaves may look like gold leaf but do not contain any real gold. This type of metal leaf is often referred to as imitation leaf.
  Metal leaves are usually made of gold, silver, copper, aluminium, brass or palladium, sometimes also platinum.
  Vark is a type of silver leaf used for decoration in Indian cuisine.
  Goldbeating, the technique of producing metal leaves, has been known for more than 5,000 years.
context_section_description: A metal leaf, also called composition leaf or schlagmetal, is a thin foil used for decoration. Metal leaves can come in many different shades. Some metal leaves may look like gold leaf but do not contain any real gold. This type of metal leaf is often referred to as imitation leaf.
  Metal leaves are usually made of gold (including many alloys), silver, copper, aluminium, brass (sometimes called "Dutch metal" typically 85% Copper and 15% zinc) or palladium, sometimes also platinum.
  Vark is a type of silver leaf used for decoration in Indian cuisine.
  Goldbeating, the technique of producing metal leaves, has been known for more than 5,000 years.
caption: A small gold nugget 5 mm in diameter (bottom) can be expanded to about 20,000 times its initial surface through hammering, producing a gold foil surface of about one half square meter with a thickness of 0.2–0.3 μm. Toi gold mine, Japan.
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