What is the difference between 22 carat and 24 carat, this is the easiest way to find out the purity of gold
Gold Purity Check: The first measure of the purity of gold is the hallmark mark. While buying gold, buy only jewelery with hallmark marks. Hallmark is a government guarantee. The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is the only agency in India to determine the hallmark. The Hallmarking Scheme deals with gold operations, rules and regulations under the Bureau of Indian Standards Act. Hallmarked jewelery bears the hallmark mark and some numbers like 999, 916, 875. The secret of the purity of your gold is hidden in these numbers. Keep in mind that gold jewelery numbered 999 with hallmark marks is of 24 carat. 999 means the purity of gold in it is 99.9 percent. Similarly, on the basis of purity, 958 on 23 carat gold, 916 on 22 carat gold, 875 on 21 carat, 750 on 18 carat.
On what basis are these numbers decided?
You do not need to remember any such series to know the purity of gold on the basis of these three digits. The formula to extract it is very simple. Suppose you want to find the number lying on 22 carat gold, then you divide 22 by 24 and multiply it by 100. With this you will know the number of 22 carat gold. 22/24×100 = 916. Using this rule, you can know the number lying on the basis of purity of gold.
Recognize the real hallmark like this
Hallmarking is the certification of a product to certain parameters. BIS in India is the body that checks the quality standards being provided to the consumers. If gold and silver is hallmarked, it means that its purity is certified. But many jewelers are putting hallmarks without completing the investigation process. In such a situation, it is necessary to see whether the hallmark is original or not? The original hallmark bears the triangular mark of the Bureau of Indian Standards. The purity of gold is also written on it along with the logo of the hallmarking center. It also has the year of manufacture of the jewelery and the logo of the manufacturer.
Keep in mind that jewelery is not made of 24 carat gold.
The first thing is that real gold is only of 24 carats, but its jewelery is not made, because it is very soft. Generally 22 carat gold is used for jewellery, which contains 91.66 per cent pure gold. Many times, due to lack of customer information, by mistake, 22 carat gold jewelery is given a price of 24 carat.
Understand how you can decide the price of your gold
Now by looking at the hallmark mark and number, you can find out what percentage of pure gold was used in your jewellery. Determine the price of gold accordingly. For example, the rate of 24 carat gold is 27000 on the newspaper. Now if you go to buy gold jewelery in the market, then after removing the making charges, the actual price of your jewelery will be (27000/24)x22=24750 rupees. Whereas goldsmith sometimes gives you 22 carat gold in 27000 only. That is, you are buying 22 carat gold at the rate of 24 carat gold. The price of this 18 carat gold will be 27000/24X18=20250. Many times jewelers lure big offers by putting a price of 22 or 24 carat on 18 carat jewellery.
Don’t forget to take purity certificate
While buying gold, do not forget to take the authenticity/purity certificate. Also check the carat quality of the gold in the certificate. Also, take a separate certificate for the gem stone used in gold jewellery.
collect a stamp
There is a trend to take raw slips while buying coins or jewellery. But this is wrong. Many times the jeweler himself does not recognize his raw slip at the time of return, so definitely take a solid bill. The carat, purity, making charge, hallmark of gold must be mentioned in the bill.
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