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Message:: [QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 345877, member: 5833"]Thanks for all the tips & encouragement.  Yes, I think to be sure I had a degree of accuracy, I would need to get a new batch of acids. I knew not to put it on directly, & kit included the stone, so have that.  Problem is that only visible elements may be solid gold, with the behind the scenes parts being of lesser metal.  It can be hard to find an inconspicuous spot to take test scraping. I had a whole flap over a very expensive cameo locket that was represented as better than 18K.  As soon as I received it, just my eye & experience said to me that front & large ornamented bail were one thing, back door & interior components of the locket something else.  I dawdled on taking it to jeweller to have it tested while it was there for some work it needed. When I took it in, he tested it right then & pronounced it not solid gold at all.  Asked him to please test it in a few different spots while he had it.  My delay meant I could not complain about the transaction, but informed seller anyway, who was concerned but confident they had not misrepresented. You will see this coming.  Jeweller, not wanting to damage in any way, tested the gold filled back & assumed results applied to the entire piece, while seller had tested the parts visible when worn & made the same assumption.[/QUOTE]