consumers beware!
I am really surprised and perplexed at how jewellers after giving spurious and inferior quality goods to innocent people, go away un-challenged by anyone??? .That too in this 21 century ,where information is at finger tips for everyone.
Just look at the seal in this ring. It says 23C .
That means the gold used in this ring is 97.5%.975 parts pure gold in 1000 parts of total gold. Absolutely absurd! such intricacy in rings or for that matter any item cannot be made in higher Karatage. Its pure logic,higher Karatage of gold is softer and heavier to work with. (thats one of the main reasons why diamonds are set in 18 Kt or less gold, because of the strength and hardness of lesser karat gold) Next time if you find any delicately worked item, with such seal ,just go to any testing centre and check the purity of the gold. Its that simple.You`ll see the results yourself. These days testing centres are found everywhere and theres no damage also done to your item. You get x-ray analysis within 5 min for a mere Rs50- 100/-. All the best buyers!
P.S :I tested the ring and it turned out to be 82.65 purity (i.e 19.84 Kt).
4 comments:
Whoa!!
That is an awesome piece of info for the non-initiated. I shall keep it in mind for my next purchase.
Please post some more of these 'know at a glance' tips to detect cheats.
hi, is that true !!! i am surprise to know. thank you very much for such vital information, today i am going out to buy a bangle i would definately test it before purchasing.. thnks again and keep posting
Any ring that is marked w/ 23c is wrong to begin with. Gold is marked with a K as in Karats. A diamond is marked with C as in Carat.
So I guess if you see a 1.5K Diamond for sale you should also be suspicious. Other stones are sold by carat also.
This is very good information but I was wondering if you also have a section on your blog which can highlight the value of the different compoments being used in jewelry...To be more specific, information on various items used other than Gold (corals, turquoise, pearls etc)
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