MUMBAI: The Tata Group unveiled a Nano car made with gold and silver, and studded with precious stones worth an astronomical 22 crore (that’s over $5,675,123 New Zealand dollars).
But, it’s not for sale – the valuable and fully functional car is a unique branding and promotional initiative by Goldplus Jewellery, part of Titan Industries, a Tata Group company, an official said.
The Goldplus Nano Car is billed as the world’s first ever gold jewellery car and celebrates the 5,000 years of jewellery manufacturing industry in India.
The car’s body is made with 80 kg 22 carat solid gold, 15 kg silver, precious stones – including diamonds, rubies – and other expensive gemstones.
“As many as 14 techniques of jewellery making have gone behind the effort — from the intricate filigree work to the delicate and colourful meenakari work, the stunning kundan to the traditional naqashi…marking the convergence of diverse and culturally distinct jewellery making techniques from around India,” the official told IANS.
Titan Industries managing director Bhaskar Bhat said that since eternity, jewellery made with gold and precious stones has been an integral part of the Indian woman’s life.
“Indian jewellery has been an epitome of innovation and creativity, and carved a niche worldwide for itself for the intricacy of the designs crafted out of the precious metals and stones,” said C.K. Venkataraman, COO, jewellery division.
Nano car made with gold and silver, and studded with precious stones
After its glittering launch in Mumbai, the Goldplus Nano Car will travel to all the Goldplus showrooms at 29 locations around the country.
The car incorporates beautiful designs, made with the precious stones of different colours, set on the gold and silver body of the car.
Original Source: Times of India
When asking someone what can be produced by using gold as the material, the most common answers would be jewellery, bullion, coins, it can be used for decoration, in some electronic devices, etc. How about food???
In the Caspian Sea, off the coast of Iran, there are three types of sturgeon, the fish whose roe caviar is made: the sevruga, osetra and the beluga. Of the three, the beluga sturgeon is the rarest animal – and it’s from the white beluga sturgeon, even rarer, that the ‘Soul’ comes, also known as the diamond of Persia. Only five pounds of it are produced each year and getting it is a laborious operation. The white beluga only produces roe from 25 years of age, when they reach 4 feet long and about 800 pounds. It has to be captured, not harmed. After that, it’s performed a kind of cesarean section in the animal and the roe (pearly white color) is removed with a small spoon. The fish is then returned to the seas. Only about 15 grams of Souls are produced for each operation. Orders should be made one year in advance and caviar comes at a very special packaging: a tin of 24 karat gold design from Maison Cartier.
At Gold Smart we are sometimes contacted by members of the New Zealand public who have been offered large sums of gold in return for sending money overseas to an unknown recipient for shipping. Lured by the possibility of improving their financial situation, internet users are easily falling into a trap engineered by the creative mind of these swindlers.
The origin of the gold is always doubtful so to give credibility to this source there are all kinds of stories; that it was stolen from a corrupt dictator in Ghana or from a “mean sergeant in Nigeria”. In most cases, the messages claim the origin of the gold or diamonds is legitimate and will have paperwork to prove ownership and purity. 
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Spring is finally here, after the cold of the winter months… and so begins another exciting New Zealand Wedding season.
