All that glitters is not gold
Well then! And not everything that’s yellow is gold – sometimes not even the stuff sold to us as if it were . But how do we actually find out what that pretty ring is really made of, the one we bought on vacation last summer? IMAGE: Pexels.com We could just do what the pirates in the movies do – take a bite! 😄 Crazy but true: there’s a grain of truth in that. Pure gold (24 karat) is so soft you could actually leave tooth marks in it. Image: Pixabay.com So why wouldn’t I recommend it? Easy – jewelry is rarely made of pure gold, because it’s way too soft. A ring like that would look beat up after just a few days of wear. Normal alloys are much harder – so if you’d like to keep your teeth, better try another method. 😉 The simplest way is to look for a hallmark. With a bit of patience (and sometimes a magnifying glass) you’ll usually spot numbers like 585 or 14K. These tell you the gold content – in the case of 585, that’s 58.5%. And since hallmarks can only be stamped under ...
