Inavinate on Instagram: "Raw gold doesn’t start out glamorous — it begins as rough metal that has to be refined, shaped, and perfected step by step. First, the gold is melted at extreme temperatures until it becomes liquid, allowing impurities to be removed. The purified metal is then cast into bars or sheets before being carefully cut, pressed, or molded into pendant blanks. Skilled craftsmen refine each piece by filing, polishing, engraving, and sometimes setting stones, transforming raw mater