Necklace w/ pendant - is this really 14K or something else?

Before my DH spends his time untangling this mess I thought I would make sure what I am dealing with. The mark on the chain is 14K QGI S. AFRICA. The pendant has some clear stones in the one heart & is marked 14K QG INDIA on the back. The gold heart is not marked as far as I could see. It is only 2 grams according to my postal scale.

So what do you guys think? Is it real? Could the stones actually be tiny chip diamonds?
I would ask here locally, but if it is very likely the real deal I will sell it at the auction house next Friday & the people I could ask are the ones that buy there. They would probably want me too sell it to them without going through the auction, but I would much rather pit them against one another & then throw someone who wants it for themselves into the mix.



Thanks for any & all advice or opinions!!!

 

Sounds like stuff sourced for QVC or the likes. Probably real gold. Stones may be "quality diamondlike".

 

could it be these guys......using gold sourced from different countries....

The necklace is by Quality Gold, Incorporated .......

( I found this on EBTH....which as we all know.....is not to be trusted..)

 

Just my thoughts.
If I would buy something like this wit such stamps I would have seconds thoughts or it needs to come very cheap which would be worth a gamble (but gambling is loosing). This piece looks modern to me and that means if it's real gold it should have the official assay hallmarks.

You can also see open links. This is never a good sign. In many cases they just add gold stamped labels to a piece which is not gold. A precious metal jewellery piece would come with closed soldered locks and links (in the majority of cases).

The heart pendant has what looks to me laser engraving. Some essay offices use laser engraving but I'm sure they would have used the complete official hallmarks set.

All in all to much wrong with it in my eyes. But wait for second, third opinions.

Other reason why I don't buy jewellery whith such hallmarks.
http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/HALLMARK-ST...%3A462134fc15c0a8664545a1a6ffff2507%7Ciid%3A2

 

That is only in countries where official assay marks are mandatory. That is certainly not the case in every country.
The stones, whatever they are, are not chips, they are facet cut.
Do you have, or know someone with, a gold testing kit and a diamond tester?

 

IN this case it's indeed maybe better to test the gold and stones. The hallmarks don't tell a lot to confirm. Indeed any jewellery. India doesn't use official assay hallmarks. Shocking! I would have thought it was mandatory in or of the biggest gold importer if the world!

 

I may have the DH untangle it & the next time Bill is selling a bunch of real jewelry I'll add it to the mix. The folks that but the gold jewelry all have gold testers & gem testers, so I will leave it up to them to determine the worth.

 

India is a subcontinent, an enormous, developing country with over a billion people. Imagine trying to organize that. It is starting to find its way in the modern world.
There is a Bureau of Indian Standards. They state:
"the RBI Standing Committee on Gold and Precious Metals opined that introduction of a Hallmarking System would not only protect the public from fraud, but also assist exports of jewellery. While agreeing on this the Committee reckoned that compulsory certification of gold would not be implementable on account of the massive structure of trade. Recommending the pursuance of a voluntary scheme, it emphasized the deviations in purity of fine metal should invoke penalties under legislation and BIS was named as the sole agency in the country for Hallmarking of gold jewellery under the provisions of the BIS Act, 1986."

But India is working towards fulfilling the criteria of the Hallmarking Convention, which is more than can be said for some 'developed' countries. Once it does, India can seek membership of the convention. Mandatory hallmarking could follow.

 

Some of the finest jewelry in the world (enamel and stone at least) came and comes from India. Still does, for that matter. I don't know much about their modern factory output, but they've always had serious high-karat firepower over there.

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en...KqOi5Gn0HCs#hl=en&tbm=isch&q=mughal+jewellery

 

Agree 100% evelyb. And I for one love Indian jewellery, as you can see:
https://www.antiquers.com/threads/lion-bracelet-silver-gold-india-pakistan.17347/#post-238375

 

If I had the spare $$$ I could make a pig of myself with kundan and mughal goodies. A lot of it is really gaudy, but in this case gaudy is good.

 

This is about as far as I got with Indian gaudy, gold-plated sterling silver and zircons in both hooks and pendants, Bollywood bling:

Maybe the next present to myself will be enamel jumkhas.