The difference between real gold and counterfeit.

Paradoxically, jewelry stores are sprouting like mushrooms after rain, although gold production around the world is falling. Alas, even in a seemingly decent store, you can run into a fake, which will cost no less than a real gold piece. In order not to become a victim of scammers, you need to approach the purchase of gold jewelry carefully, checking the purchased item by all available means. About what these methods are now and will be discussed.

Place of purchase and documents

A real gold piece is unlikely to be sold in an underground passage or just on the street. In this case, it is easier to hand it over to a pawnshop.

But even the purchase of a piece of jewelry in a store does not at all guarantee its authenticity. Each gold piece of jewelry must have a list of certain documents, one of which is a tag. It should contain information about the manufacturer, the name of the product and its article, sample, weight, price per gram and total price, stamp of the Quality Control Department.

Sample

When buying gold jewelry, you need to remember that this is not one hundred percent gold metal, otherwise it would easily bend, since gold is soft. Therefore, the sample that can be seen on the inside of the product is nothing more than the amount of gold in it. That is, the fineness 585 means that this product contains 58.5% gold, the rest is impurities. If the sample is blurred, or you doubt what numbers are indicated there, refuse the purchase.

Unfortunately, even the sample of gold can be forged, so there are several more "old-fashioned" methods of verification, which, although not entirely accurate, can help.

Experimental methods for determining the authenticity

Upon impact, gold emits a characteristic "crystal" ringing. But this method is unlikely to be allowed in a jewelry store.

There is another option - to drop a drop of iodine on the product and wait three minutes. If there is a trace left, the decoration is fake.

Gold jewelry cannot be attracted by a magnet, unlike other metals. True, aluminum, bronze and copper also do not magnetise, this must be taken into account.

Another way is to put gold in vinegar essence. It should not darken, unless, of course, it is a fake.

Finally, a gold piece of jewelry does not change color when viewed in shade or light.

But the main and most reliable method is laboratory examination. If, after carrying out all the experiments, doubts have not been dispelled, contact an independent specialist.

Conclusions TheDifference.ru

  1. A gold jewelry has all the documents, a stamp and a test, and a fake one may not have any of the above.
  2. Gold rings when dropped from a small height.
  3. No traces of iodine can remain on real gold jewelry and it will not darken from vinegar.
  4. Gold is not attracted by a magnet.
  5. Both in the shade and in the sunlight, the gold jewelry must have the same color.
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