[Jewelry making - Article 00094] - Re: [Orchid] What is "solid gold"

[Peter W . Rowe]

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>      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, one possible answer that occurs to me would be for the
    refiner who develops unconventional alloys, to trademark them, and
    then allow users who use the alloy to apply that trademarked name.
    For example, I recall class rings stamped with the word "Silladium",
    or some such. it denoted the companies version of a surgical
    stainless steel. As such a stamp would not actually state any metal
    content, it would violate nothing, yet would, to the properly
    informed jeweler, tell him/her what was in it. The producer of the
    alloy could even offer the stamps for such marking, to customers
    buying sufficient quantities of the alloy, or for a fee to those not
    buying enough of it... 

    What I'm not sure of is whether this approach would conflict with the
    role of the usual makers trademark, but I'm assuming there's a way to
    do it clearly enough... 

cheers
Peter Rowe

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