Five Signs to Check the Purity of Gold Jewellery

The festive and wedding season is on and most of us would be rushing in to jewellers to buy Gold/ Silver Jewellery. Despite gold jew...

The festive and wedding season is on and most of us would be rushing in to jewellers to buy Gold/ Silver Jewellery. Despite gold jewelry's popularity and constant presence in our society, picking the right piece is not as simple as what many might assume. Inspite of all we would have selected the right piece but do you know what all things you need to check in the jewellery once you decided to buy it. If not please learn it now…

Purity Grade: This is the number which shows the purity of Gold. Following is the meaning of these numbers:

• 958 – 23 carat
• 916 – 22 carat
• 875 – 21 carat
• 750 – 18 carat
• 708 – 17 carat
• 585 – 14 carat
• 375 – 9 carat

BIS Standard Mark: 

BIS means Bureau of Indian Standards. Licence is granted to the jewellers by BIS under Hallmarking Scheme. The BIS certified jewellers can get their jewellery hallmarked from any of the BIS recognized Assaying and Hallmarking Centre.

Assaying and Hallmarking Center’s mark: The Logo of BIS recognized Assaying and Hallmarking Centre where the jewellery has been assayed and hallmarked

Year of Marking: Code letter represents the year of hallmarking of jewellery and is decided by BIS e.g. letter ‘A’ Donates Year 2000, ‘J’ for 2008, ‘N’ for 2011 and ‘P’ for 2012

Jewellers’ Identification Mark: Identification mark of BIS Certified Jeweller/Jewellery Manufacturer

For diamonds, look for the diamond certificate. A certificate clearly discloses the details of any item it accompanies, providing confidence for both the buyer and seller.

There are certain things should be checked in the diamond certificate, we will discuss about diamond certificate in the next blog post.

Hope you got clear picture on how to check the gold jewellery…