Hallmark Images for Purity, Gold, Silver and Platinum to print and save. It's so annoying when you see hallmarks and can't work out what they mean, so here's my answer which is a copy of a card I carry around...
Tables for 9ct, 18ct Gold Content, Chain Lengths and Ring Sizes. IF YOU FIND THIS USEFUL PLEASE VOTE YES BELOW TO MAKE THIS VISIBLE TO OTHERS TROY OUNCE DEFINITION 1 Troy Ounce = 31.1035 grams 1 Ounce pure...
Just because a title says "Sterling Silver" or "9/18ct Gold" does NOT mean that it is, in fact, just that. You MUST read the description very carefully as it may in fact mean Plated. Even after reading the...
British Hallmarks The idea of this guide is to give you a comprehensive guide to buying British Assay Office marked jewellery. There are a couple of others online which are useful,but we're trying to give...
hi welcome to my review on stamps on gold so you have searched the ebay site found your item now what well lets start all genuine gold is stamped by law to prove to the general customer that it has been...
When buying a piece of jewellery, you need to read what is written and point out key areas and key facts, if these are missing then they are areas to pick up on and to question the seller about. The carat...
THEANTIQUARIUS A-E ENCYCLOPEDIA OF JEWELLERY TERMS Adularescence:term applied to milky moonstones Aggregates: Minerals which form without showing their outer crystal shape Aigrette: Hair Ornament Albert:...
Gem's Body Jewellery Guide to body piercing jewellery! SAFETY FIRST!NEVER buy 2nd hand body jewellery! You don't know where it's been! HIV and other nasty viruses can be transmitted through sharing body...
The answer is simply no. Metal hardness is measured by what is called the Vickers scale where harder metals receive a higher Vickers score than less hard metals. 9ct gold has a Vickers hardness ranging from...
I have just spent a long time trying to find 18ct solid gold rings. @ when i finally get the page up - its wasted more time perusing each item - as 2 out of3 are only gold - PLATED- which i think is very...