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Assay-verified intake
Every lot is assayed on arrival, before it is weighed into the catalogue. The fineness written on a piece is the fineness that was read, not the fineness that was promised.
Sourcing & ethics
Where it comes from matters.
This is a concept house, so nothing here is a claim about a real supply chain. These are the standards the concept is designed around — the rules a piece would have to pass before it entered the catalogue.
The principles
Four rules, no exceptions.
The house's own standards, stated plainly. A piece that fails any one of them does not enter the catalogue.
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Documented chain of custody
Every piece carries its paperwork with it: where it was received, what was assayed, and who signed it off. If the paper is missing, the piece waits.
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Responsible sourcing
The concept sources only through channels that can show their own sourcing standards in writing. A channel that cannot show them is not used.
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No shortcuts at the bench
Refining, assay, casting and stamping are done in order, every time. A step skipped is a piece that cannot be trusted, and it is not sold.
The paperwork
What a piece carries with it.
The documentation pattern the concept requires — described here as a design feature of the catalogue, not as a claim about real documents.
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Intake record
Date received, form received in, and the weight as received — the first line in the piece's file.
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Assay note
The fineness as read, the method used, and the name of the person who read it.
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Chain-of-custody sheet
Every hand the piece passed through, in order, with a signature at each step.
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Catalogue entry
The four facts the catalogue shows: weight, purity, form and dimensions — copied from the file, never retyped from memory.
Questions
Asked often.
No. Aurum is a concept catalogue built as a design study. Nothing on this site describes a real company's supply chain, and no request sent from it reaches anyone.
There are no real pieces here — the bars, coins and granules are catalogue entries in a design study. The assay steps on this site describe the craft process the concept is built around.
Not on this site. The codes (AUR-01-A, for example) identify catalogue entries so a quote request can name a piece. They are not assay certificate numbers and they trace to nothing.
Nowhere, yet — this is a concept. The page states the standards the concept is designed around, and names no mines, suppliers or countries of origin as fact.
The standard, in one line
Read first, struck second.
That is the whole sourcing policy of this concept: nothing is struck before it is read, and nothing is sold before it is documented.
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