What Does Real Gold Jewelry Look Like

If you look at this picture you will see a gold ring next a couple of different kinds of gold naturally occurring in their rock.

What does real gold jewelry look like.

Does it float like a feather. Be sure to test all parts of the jewelry including the chain clasp charms band centerpiece etc. So while it may look like the jewelry is attracted to the magnet it s just the metal inside that specific piece that is doing the attracting not the gold. Real gold is also malleable while typical fake gold is hard.

A copper penny and a tiny gold nugget on a black streak plate with a small streak made by the nugget. Many manufacturers produce hollow also called semi hollow chains that are real gold but just a 1 4 of the weight. Real gold jewelry can eventually tarnish. All you have to do is carefully clean it to restore its original color and shine.

To be utterly sure of its purity. The tiny nugget weighs 0 0035 troy ounce and at a gold price of 1200 ozt the nugget if it were pure gold would have a gold value of 4 20. This is to reduce cost of course think gold hoop earrings. This means that the chain is made of another metal or an alloy of non gold metals and is covered with just a thin layer of gold to make the jewelry look like a real gold piece.

I am using a light source to show the difference between gold which shines and pyrite which sparkles. This is better quality and it wears and looks like karat gold. In fact the piece with gold colored particles inside may even be lighter than your other piece of quartz if the gold is not real. Real gold weighs about 1 5 times more than fool s gold or iron pyrite.

By law in the us gold filled must have at least twenty percent actual gold content. The copper penny is in the photo to serve as a scale. Most types of fake gold may look shinier or duller in different lights and may appear almost silver at times. You can easily fix a piece of tarnished gold jewelry.

When your gold jewelry tarnishes it doesn t mean that it s not real gold. Pure gold does not react with oxygen which means it is unlikely to tarnish. They are hollow inside but still real. Fake gold is also lightweight in most cases and even plating will not make a piece of fake gold weigh even a seventh of what real gold does in most cases.

Fake gold chains are not made of solid gold and are often simply gold plated. However many pieces of gold jewelry have other metals mixed in causing the gold to become tarnished or discolored. Should you ever want to sell the item it is of no interest to a gold buyer or refiner unless they can get many pounds at a time. Natural gold looks like gold it looks like jewelry it s a buttery yellow color and it s soft looking.

It is not just pure gold or 24 karat gold.