Gold Flakes In Bottles... How Much Are They Worth?

A search for "gold leaf" will help seekers further.
Since gold can be hammered into sheets which are VERY thin, the weight is pretty minimal.
Then it is sliced into tiny bits. Sure, real gold, but not very much of it in a bottle on a weight basis.
Warning: distinguish between "metal leaf" and "gold leaf."
"Metal Leaf" often does not contain gold.

A novelty item. Pretty, but not really an investment.

HGE=heavy gold electroplate. Plated. Electroplate can be only a few atoms thick... heavy electroplate, well, no discernible change in value.

I've seen gold flakes made out of "goldine"; a bright brass. They were a very fine foil and will act as real gold flakes in a liquid. If you come across a bag of goldine flake it is about as compressable as steel wool, and light as feather... pretty much the opposite of gold.

I am of the opinion that very few gold flake vials on ebay contain any gold whatsoever. You can buy bulk "golden flakes" and start your own ebay empire and claim ignorance or claim that the original seller said they were gold (well, gold in colour anyway)... when someone actually does a test and complains.

If you must have a vial of the stuff, the RCM vial from the RCM would be my bet.

p.s. I still do have my bag of goldine flakes. It was filler in an old tyme bottle of medicinal/dental gold flake... I wanted the bottle and the seller was quite forward that the original contents were long gone, but it was filled with this stuff.

I agree.

There are many threads on the goldrefiningforum where these vials have been verified to contain no gold at all. They are copper based alloys. You would think it was profitable enough to sell gold foil, but apparently it is even more profitable to sell fake gold foil.