[Jewelry making - Article 01325] - Re: [Orchid] What is "solid gold"

[Daniel Ballard]

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    I find it interesting to note how the karat rules that intend to
    protect also hobble disclosure in the stamp.  For example the new
    Platinum Sterling silver from ABI. 92.5% Silver and a bit of
    platinum, up to 3.5% if I heard right. You can put a label in the box
    but you cannot stamp the platinum percentage in addition to the
    silver percentage. For example the stamp  .925 silver .035 Pt would
    be a violation. It bugs me that with palladium gold getting more
    popular we can not stamp the Pd percentage in addition to the gold
    percentage under current law. It's another precious metal for
    heavens sake.  Nickel free is hardly free. Let us add stamps when we
    add value! 

    I would think we would have built a way to include additional
    valuable metals in the stamp!  Would that not be superior disclosure?
    The box or label is likely to get lost and so just how is a repair
    jeweler to address all these alloys properly at the bench for repair? 

Daniel Ballard
WWW.Pmwest.us

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