Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Description of Business (Details)

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Description of Business (Details) (USD $)
0 Months Ended 6 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Mar. 14, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Mar. 19, 2014
Mar. 19, 2014
Jun. 30, 2014
Mar. 17, 2014
Feb. 12, 2014
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]              
Common stock, par value (usd per share)   $ 0.01us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare     $ 0.01us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare   $ 0.01us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare
Common stock, shares outstanding   6,962,742us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding     6,962,742us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding 7,402,664us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding  
Cancellation of shares by Former Parent, shares 71,922amrk_StockCanceledDuringPeriodShares 71,922amrk_StockCanceledDuringPeriodShares          
Common stock exchange ratio, numerator   1amrk_EquityAwardExchangeRatioNumerator          
Common stock exchange ratio, denominator   4.1717amrk_InverseEquityAwardExchangeRatioDenominator          
Awards assumed from SGI spin-off              
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]              
Grants during the period (shares)     249,846us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
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Awards assumed from SGI spin-off | Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)              
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]              
Grants during the period (shares)     130,646us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
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Awards assumed from SGI spin-off | Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs)              
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]              
Grants during the period (shares)     8,990us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
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Former Parent SGI Plans              
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]              
Secondment fee payable   $ 150,000us-gaap_OtherCommitment
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