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Finance Personal Finance How to Tell if Your Gold Is Genuine
| How to Tell if Your Gold Is Genuine |
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| Written by Alan Gregerson |
| Friday, 01 April 2011 10:13 |
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Making the decision on selling gold jewelry is a hard one. So you should be certain to make sure that your gold jewelry is genuine. But how was I going to make sure that my jewelry was genuine and not just fake costume jewelry? Taking my gold pieces from store to store, trying to get it evaluated, was just not an option that looked good to me. I need some extra cash fast, so I needed to be sure that it was real before I tried to sell it. Try the magnet test. It's easy. The first test that you need to do is to try out the magnet test. This test is easy and here is how it works. First of all, precious metals like gold and silver are not attracted to magnets. Or another way to say it is they are not magnetic. But steel is magnetic. But be wary of this test. It will sometimes yield a false positive. But where are you going to find a magnet for this test? Head to the kitchen. Why the kitchen, because you probably have some refrigerator magnets in there. This type of magnet should work great for most people. But if you have some of the cheap plastic type, they may not be strong enough. Look for a Hallmark stamp. This is generally a foolproof method. The hallmarking of jewelry has been around for centuries. Most of the time genuine gold jewelry will be marked with the karat stamp. For example, most jewelry is either 14K or 10K gold. Sometimes you will find 18K gold in men's and women's jewelry, but most of the time, that purity of gold is just to soft for jewelry. Look on the clasp of necklaces for the hallmark. If it's there, then you probably have genuine gold. These markings relate to the purity of the gold. 18K gold, for example is 75% gold. The percentage is determined by dividing 18 by 24. You divide by 24 because 24K gold is the purest form of this precious metal. Yep, it's as simple as that. About the Author: Check out my cash for gold USA review for more information on this interesting company. Kindly provided by LJ-Marketing.dk You are welcome to use this article on your own website, if you include the link just before this text. |
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