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Gold/Mining/Energy : Gold and Silver Juniors, Mid-tiers and Producers -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: The Vet who wrote (62425)	11/30/2008 7:20:31 PM
From: E. Charters	Respond to of 78409

So how many Rupees to the Tola do you get for a slug of silver in Xinjiang on Wednesdays? Troy weight is related to the avoirdupois system in this way. There are 7,000 grains in a lb, and 5760 grains in a troy lb. So a troy lb weighs 0.822857143 of a lb avoirdupois. So its simple. That is 13.16571429 ounces AVDP. That is 373.2417213 grams per Troy lb, of 12 Troy ounces, Or 31.10347677 grams per troy ounce. That means there are 32,150.7466 troy ounces in a metric tonne or 128,602,986.4 Troy ounces in 4000 of 'em. The above figures are what fire assayers in Canada have used for 100 years. They also give 29,166.6667 Troy ounces in the short ton. The exact figure is 29,166.666repeating. That is the basis for the assay-ton which is taken at 29.167 grams of sample. When you assay that sample, a weight of 1 milligram gold corresponds to one troy ounce per short ton. ***************************************************** 1 troy ounce = 480 grains 1 troy ounce = 24 scruples 1 troy ounce = 20 pennyweights (North American jewelery trade) 1 troy ounce = 1.097 ordinary ounce 1 troy ounce = 8 drams 1 troy ounce = 31.1034768 grams. 1 troy ounce = 120 carats 1 troy ounce = 155.52 metric carats (diamonds / precious stones). 3.75 troy ounces = 10 tolas (Indian sub-continent) 6.02 troy ounces = 5 taels (Hong Kong) 12 troy ounce=1 troy pound 14.583 troy ounce =16 avoirdupois ounce (1Pound) 32.15 troy ounces = 1 kilogramme (Kilo) 32,150 troy ounces = 1 metric ton (1,000 kilos) 1000 troy ounces = 31.1 kilograms **************************************