Gold Chain Bracelet

We will now take you into a brief discussion of ways which you can employ to ensure that you are getting the real gold chain bracelet you have been drooling over.

Pure gold is 24k. This mark or "karats" gives you information on how much pure gold is mixed in the jewelry. So, having a 10k would mean only 10 parts of pure gold and 14 parts incorporation of other metals.

The chlorine test found in bleach is not advisable to be used to test for real gold or even for other jewelry as this can destroy the metal especially on the points where the metal has been hammered or the stress points to bend and make the chains. Both white and yellow gold are affected by the chlorine in bleach but chlorine has more serious and noticeable damages on white gold.

What would happen to gold when subjected to chlorine? It darkens the metal especially in white gold but sometimes would like only a pale gray on yellow gold. The chlorine turns gold this way as it reacts to the metals in the karat gold such as silver and copper or nickel and palladium in white gold which makes an alloy with pure gold and causes it to become stronger for jewelry.

Chlorine does not cause much dangerous damage on yellow gold and buffing it can make it look ok again if it is really gold. So, to ensure that what you have is real karat gold, have it tested by a jeweler and let it undergo an acid test or one of those newer electronic gold testers.