How to check Gold Jewelry Purity


This article help you to know how to check your gold jewelry purity and give you a caring advice.

If you don’t sure about your gold jewelry purity you can check it with a simple Gold Test Kit.

How to do it?..
There is a simple test gold Kits that include test stone, set of gold test needles and 10kt, 14kt, and 18kt acids.

The acids includes Hydrochloric Acid & Nitric Acid together because there is no any acid that can consume the gold by alone.

The test stone (Touchstone) usually black silicone stone 20/40 mm.

Test Process…
• First we need to check if there is any “gold purity mark” on the jewelry.
• We choose unimportant part on the jewelry and polish it on the test stone until we get extended stain on the test stone.
• Next to this stain we make another stain on the test stone whit the gold test needles. There is another option if we doesn’t have gold test needles, we can use other gold we insure the purity level and with the purity level we want to check on the gold we checking.
• On the stains we created we dripping acid with the purity level we want to check.
• If the stain gone- that mean the acid consume it! So the gold purity level is lower the acid purity level!
• If we still see the stain- that mean the acid doesn’t consume the gold so the gold purity level higher the acid purity level we dripped on!

Caring for Your Gold Jewelry To care your gold jewelry just keep away from harsh chemicals such as acids chlorine and cleaning fluids. It can’t consume the gold but this will reduce daily abrasions and prolong gold's luster.

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