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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lucille.b, post: 1371255, member: 51&quot;]I have an acid testing kit for gold but don&#039;t tend to use it too often.</p><p><br /></p><p>Trying to test a necklace which appears to possibly be gold with a replaced jump ring.&nbsp; It is a light weight necklace chain, so I am just gently rubbing the chain part softly, repeatedly on the stone.</p><p><br /></p><p>It came on that Victorian Onyx cross I got which does test positively for 14K.</p><p><br /></p><p>Necklace may not be original to the cross of course, but looks like it <i>could </i>be gold and seems to have some delicate quality.&nbsp; Here is what happens when I do the test.</p><p><br /></p><p>Usually I&#039;ve had the acid either not affect the gold (positive) or completely dissolve it (negative).</p><p><br /></p><p>In this case somewhere in between.&nbsp; The 10K acid dissolves it, but not entirely.&nbsp; Two things happen.&nbsp; There are small gold specks in the acid, and around the edges it looks like gold (?) or gold color is pooling up in the very thin line surrounding the puddle of acid.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thoughts?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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