Markings on Gold Jewelry

[IMakeFights]

Can anyone tell me what these markings on a bracelet I own mean.

417
G S

Thanks

[Mobius812]

it's 10K Gold solid

[Mobius812]

sorry, should have included this link in earlier reply. it explains a great
deal

http://gsthmn.tripod.com/jewelry_markings.htm

[Fishbre396]

In article <33uf301bkbdofkmr9...@4ax.com>, mobi...@aol.com
(Mobius812) writes:

>it's 10K Gold solid
>

So, that means that 90% is something other than gold, right?

[Peter W. Rowe]

90%? Where'd you come up with that?

10K gold is 10/24ths gold, or 41.7% gold, and 58.3% alloy.

The possibly confusing word in the posting is the word solid, placed after the
word gold. Most of us would call it 10K solid gold, to differentiate it grom
gold filled or something of the sort. Or even more commonly, we'd just call it
10K gold, and not bother with the word solid at all. It's implied or assumed
unless something else is there to suggest otherwise.

That sort of additional marking (of which the word solid is one) includes "gold
filled", or G.F., which means the same thing and has several standards for the
thickness of the gold layer; Gold plated, which if marked is usually marked
G.P, or H.G.E, for heavy gold electroplate, "R.G.P", which is a variation of
gold filled, or the word "plumb", which indicates that the gold content is a
fully as marked, rather than being up to a half karat lower, a tolerance that
used to be allowed by U.S. stamping laws prior to 1981 (when the 1976 revision
to the stamping laws became effective)

Possibly contributing to the confusion is the cited web site, which had a note
suggesting that the G.S. marking might mean "gold shell".

I've been involved with jewelry as a goldsmith, gemmologist, and all that jazz
for more years than I can remember, but I've never before heard the label "gold
shell" applied to some quality of metal, and the only meaning I can come up
with for "gold shell" would be some sort of seashell made in gold... I've no
idea what that web site means by "gold shell". I could guess of course.
Perhaps they're talking about something that's hollow, such as an electroform
or hollow stamped item. Who knows. No reference book in my library (and I've
got a pretty good one) has any such entry that I've found.) I expect that the
G.S. in the marking that the original poster asked about is just the
manufacturer's marking, and the item is just plain 10K gold.

cheers

Peter

[Abrasha]

Wrong.

10K means 10 parts out of 24, i.e. 41.67%

Abrasha
http://www.abrasha.com

[Alasdair Baxter]

On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 19:12:28 GMT, Abrasha <abr...@abrasha.com> wrote:

>10K means 10 parts out of 24, i.e. 41.67%

Please, what metal is used for the other 14 parts?
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[Sarit Wolfus]

Alasdair Baxter <l...@llb.me.uk> wrote in message
news:<0u8a50tuhr0elnngr...@4ax.com>...

> On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 19:12:28 GMT, Abrasha <abr...@abrasha.com> wrote:
>
> >10K means 10 parts out of 24, i.e. 41.67%
>
> Please, what metal is used for the other 14 parts?

The answer would depend on the color of your Gold. Commonly added
metals are Copper, Silver, Nickel, Aluminum, and others. If you wish
to read more try
<http://www.gold.org/discover/sci_indu/GTech/2000_30/colgold.pdf>.

Sarit Wolfus
http://sarit-jewelry.com

[Jean]

The foreign stamp for 10k gold is 416. If you scroll down on this
page, you will see a section called "The Research Department." Click
on the link about gold. I am always adding new things, but there is a
lot of information there already. http://www.jeansjewelryline.com
Jean
http://www.jeansjewelryline.com